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Iwato scale

Scale used in Japanese music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The iwato scale is a musical scale that is similar to the Locrian mode (spelled 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7), seventh mode of the major scale, different in that it has no 3rd or 6th notes, thus making it pentatonic. Its spelling is therefore 1 b2 4 b5 b7. It is used in traditional Japanese music for the koto. It is a mode of the Hirajōshi scale.

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Iwato scale on C.[1][self-published source?] Play Piggott gives C-D-E-G-A.[2] (Iwato scale on D)
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