Iwato (Japanese) scale
Iwato has neither a third nor a fifth, which leaves it more hollow than anything else in the Japanese family, and its two half steps sit above the root and above the fourth.
- Used for
- Traditional Japanese and film music.
- Formula
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Steps H 4 semitones H 4 semitones W Semitones 1-4-1-4-2 Degrees 1 ♭2 4 ♭5 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the third mode of the Chinese scale.
- It is the Hirajoshi collection rotated onto a different degree, and the same five pitches spell Miyako-bushi from a third starting point.
Iwato (Japanese) in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- D D Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- E E Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- F F Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- G G Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- A A Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
- B B Iwato (Japanese) scale piano guitar
