Chinese scale
Chinese music is overwhelmingly built on pentatonic scales containing no half steps, and this one has two, so the catalog name does not describe actual practice and is best treated as a label.
- Used for
- Chinese-flavored and cinematic melodies.
- Formula
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Steps 4 semitones W H 4 semitones H Semitones 4-2-1-4-1 Degrees 1 3 ♯4 5 7 - Relationships
- Rotating it reaches Hirajoshi, Iwato and Miyako-bushi, so the collection belongs to the Japanese in-scale family despite what it is called.
- Also called
- Amritavarshini.
Chinese in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Chinese scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Chinese scale piano guitar
- D D Chinese scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Chinese scale piano guitar
- E E Chinese scale piano guitar
- F F Chinese scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Chinese scale piano guitar
- G G Chinese scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Chinese scale piano guitar
- A A Chinese scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Chinese scale piano guitar
- B B Chinese scale piano guitar
