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B♭ HirajoshiScale

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Formula

W H 2W H 2W 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6
The family

B♭ Hirajoshi on the chromatic circle

B♭ Hirajoshi is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H 4 H 4 1 B♭I Hirajoshi 2 CII ♭3 D♭III 5 FIV ♭6 G♭V B♭ Hirajoshi
The whole neck

B♭ Hirajoshi across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6
Context

Where B♭ Hirajoshi fits

A Japanese pentatonic from koto tuning: Japanese-flavoured melodies in rock, metal and film music.

Hirajoshi scale in every key

B♭ Hirajoshi scale questions

What notes are in the B♭ Hirajoshi scale?

B♭ C D♭ F G♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6.

What is the B♭ Hirajoshi scale formula?

1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6, or in steps between the notes, W H 4 H 4 (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the B♭ Hirajoshi scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of B♭ Hirajoshi up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.

When is the B♭ Hirajoshi scale used?

A Japanese pentatonic from koto tuning: Japanese-flavoured melodies in rock, metal and film music.