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E HirajoshiScale

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Formula

W H 2W H 2W 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6
The family

E Hirajoshi on the chromatic circle

E 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 EI Hirajoshi 2 F♯II ♭3 GIII 5 BIV ♭6 CV E Hirajoshi
The whole neck

E 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 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6 1 2 ♭3
Context

Where E Hirajoshi fits

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

Hirajoshi scale in every key

E Hirajoshi scale questions

What notes are in the E Hirajoshi scale?

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

What is the E 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 E Hirajoshi scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E 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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

When is the E Hirajoshi scale used?

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