About the E Ritusen (Chinese) scale
E Ritusen (Chinese) is a five-note scale with no third, open and pastoral. It's used for folk melodies and pentatonic writing.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | E | Root |
| 2 | F sharp | Major 2nd |
| 3 | A | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | B | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | C sharp | Major 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Ritusen (Chinese) in other keys
C Ritusen (Chinese) D flat Ritusen (Chinese) D Ritusen (Chinese) E flat Ritusen (Chinese) F Ritusen (Chinese) G flat Ritusen (Chinese) G Ritusen (Chinese) A flat Ritusen (Chinese) A Ritusen (Chinese) B flat Ritusen (Chinese) B Ritusen (Chinese)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
