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C♯ Piongio (Japanese) scale
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About the C sharp Piongio (Japanese) scale

C sharp Piongio (Japanese) is used for folk and pentatonic-flavored melodies. Think of it as a bright six-note scale with a flat seventh.

Its notes are C♯, D♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, and B. The formula is W 1½ W W H W.

C♯ Piongio (Japanese) draws five black keys from the piano, C♯, D♯, F♯, G♯, and A♯.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2D#D♯Major 2nd
3F#F♯Perfect 4th
4G#G♯Perfect 5th
5A#A♯Major 6th
6BBMinor 7th
StepsW 1½ W W H W
Semitones2-3-2-2-1-2
Degrees1 2 4 5 6 ♭7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Piongio (Japanese) in other keys

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