About the F Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale
F 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 F Bebop Major with the sixth lowered.
Its notes are F, G, A, B♭, C♭, C, D, and E. The formula is W W H H H W W H. It is the fourth mode of C Bebop Dominant.
An unfretted guitar already sounds E, A, D, G, and B from this mode. The 1st fret of the low E string is the lowest F on the neck. The first three frets carry a complete octave of F Ichikosucho (Japanese), a genuine open-position shape.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | FF | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | GG | Major 2nd |
| 3 | AA | Major 3rd |
| 4 | BbB♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | CbC♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 6 | CC | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | DD | Major 6th |
| 8 | EE | Major 7th |
| Steps | W W H H H W W H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-2-1-1-1-2-2-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 3 4 ♭5 5 6 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Ichikosucho (Japanese) in other keys
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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