C# Iwato Scale
4-string bass · Japanese, 5 notes · 5 notes · minor family
Notes
C♯
D
F♯
G
B
Solfège : Do♯ – Ré – Fa♯ – Sol – Si
Interval Structure
C♯
½T
D
4×½T
F♯
½T
G
4×½T
B
→
C♯+oct.
T
About this scale
The Iwato scale is a very dissonant Japanese pentatonic with two consecutive semitones (b2-b5). Its inherent instability is used to create moments of great tension in traditional Japanese music and contemporary music.
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