Ionian Pentatonic scale
Okinawan music is built on this pitch set, which is why the catalog carries it as the Ryukyu Scale.
- Used for
- Pop, folk and melodic writing.
- Formula
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Steps 4 semitones H W 4 semitones H Semitones 4-1-2-4-1 Degrees 1 3 4 5 7 - Relationships
- Rotating it onto the third degree produces the Pelog scale.
Ionian Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Ionian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
