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F♯ Piongio (Japanese) scale

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About the F sharp Piongio (Japanese) scale

F sharp Piongio (Japanese) is used for folk and pentatonic-flavored melodies. Think of it as a bright six-note scale with a flat seventh.

Its notes are F, G, B, C, D, and E. The formula is W 1½ W W H W.

In F Piongio (Japanese), the open strings sound E and B. A guitarist finds the lowest F at the 2nd fret of the low E string. Placed at the second fret, a capo lets F Piongio (Japanese) be played with E-shape fingerings.

Positions

Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.

6-position system

6 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.

Position 1open
Position 2fr 2
Position 3fr 4
Position 4fr 7
Position 5fr 9
Position 6fr 11

Notes and intervals

1F#F♯Root
2G#G♯Major 2nd
3BBPerfect 4th
4C#C♯Perfect 5th
5D#D♯Major 6th
6EEMinor 7th
StepsW 1½ W W H W
Semitones2-3-2-2-1-2
Degrees1 2 4 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

Piongio (Japanese) in other keys

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Gb Piongio (Japanese) scale on guitar shown as colored note dots
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