Ritusen (Chinese) scale
More traditions converge on these five notes than on almost any other scale here, which is what tends to happen when a collection has no half steps and no third to argue about.
- Used for
- Folk melodies and pentatonic writing.
- Formula
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Steps W 1½ W W 1½ Semitones 2-3-2-2-3 Degrees 1 2 4 5 6 - Relationships
- It is the fourth mode of the Major Pentatonic scale.
- It is the common pentatonic rotated onto its fourth degree, sharing everything with a major pentatonic a fourth above.
- Also called
- Scottish Pentatonic, Durga, Suddha Saveri, and Yo Scale.
Ritusen (Chinese) in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- D D Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- E E Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- F F Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- G G Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- A A Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
- B B Ritusen (Chinese) scale piano guitar
