A# Hirajoshi Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · Japanese, 5 notes · 5 notes · minor family
Notes
A♯
B♯
C♯
E♯
F♯
Solfège : La♯ – Si♯ – Do♯ – Mi♯ – Fa♯
Interval Structure
A♯
T
B♯
½T
C♯
4×½T
E♯
½T
F♯
→
A♯+oct.
4×½T
About this scale
Hirajoshi is the quintessential Japanese pentatonic scale on guitar. Its two characteristic semitones create an immediately contemplative atmosphere. Widely used in alternative and progressive metal (Animals as Leaders, Tosin Abasi), it enables riffs and melodic phrases with a very recognizable Asian color.
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