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F♯ Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale

About the F sharp Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale

F 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 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.

On the piano, the scale touches the black keys F, G, A, C, and D.

Notes and intervals

1F#F♯Root
2G#G♯Major 2nd
3A#A♯Major 3rd
4BBPerfect 4th
5CCDiminished 5th
6C#C♯Perfect 5th
7D#D♯Major 6th
8E#E♯Major 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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Gb Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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