About the F Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale
F Ichikosucho (Japanese) is a major scale with an added flat fifth passing tone. It's used for traditional Japanese and film music.
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 | F | Root |
| 2 | G | Major 2nd |
| 3 | A | Major 3rd |
| 4 | B flat | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | C flat | Diminished 5th |
| 6 | C | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | D | Major 6th |
| 8 | E | Major 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Ichikosucho (Japanese) in other keys
C Ichikosucho (Japanese) D flat Ichikosucho (Japanese) D Ichikosucho (Japanese) E flat Ichikosucho (Japanese) E Ichikosucho (Japanese) G flat Ichikosucho (Japanese) G Ichikosucho (Japanese) A flat Ichikosucho (Japanese) A Ichikosucho (Japanese) B flat Ichikosucho (Japanese) B Ichikosucho (Japanese)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
