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D♯ Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale

About the D sharp Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale

D sharp Ichikosucho (Japanese) is used for traditional Japanese and film music. Think of it as a major scale with an added flat fifth passing tone. It is D Bebop Major with the sixth lowered.

Its notes are D, E, G, G, A, A, B, and D. The formula is W W H H H W W H. It is the fourth mode of A Bebop Dominant.

The black keys D, G, and A belong to the mode.

Notes and intervals

1D#D♯Root
2E#E♯Major 2nd
3GGMajor 3rd
4G#G♯Perfect 4th
5AADiminished 5th
6A#A♯Perfect 5th
7B#B♯Major 6th
8DDMajor 7th
StepsW W H H H W W H
Semitones2-2-1-1-1-2-2-1
Degrees1 2 3 4 5 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

Ichikosucho (Japanese) in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Eb Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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