Phrygian Pentatonic scale
Insen is the standard Japanese name for these five notes, and the catalog also carries them as Kokin-joshi and Han-Iwato.
- Used for
- Flamenco-flavored and modal melodies.
- Formula
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Steps H 4 semitones W 1½ W Semitones 1-4-2-3-2 Degrees 1 ♭2 4 5 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the second mode of the Dorian Pentatonic scale.
Phrygian Pentatonic in all 12 keys
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- C C Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Phrygian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
