G HirajoshiScale
Formula
G Hirajoshi on the chromatic circle
G Hirajoshi is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
G 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.
Where G Hirajoshi fits
A Japanese pentatonic from koto tuning: Japanese-flavoured melodies in rock, metal and film music.
Hirajoshi scale in every key
G Hirajoshi scale questions
What notes are in the G Hirajoshi scale?
G A B♭ D E♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6.
What is the G 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 G Hirajoshi scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of G 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 G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
When is the G Hirajoshi scale used?
A Japanese pentatonic from koto tuning: Japanese-flavoured melodies in rock, metal and film music.