Guitar UpscaleKumoi 2 (In Scale) on guitar
This version of Kumoi has a flat second and a flat sixth, the same notes many books call the Japanese In scale.
| Notes in A | A Bb D E F |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 4 5 b6 |
| Steps | H 2W W H 2W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 5 |
| Style in the app | Far Eastern, scale "Kumoi 2" |
Play A Kumoi 2 (In Scale) on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Kumoi 2 (In Scale)
The notes are root, flat 2nd, 4th, 5th and flat 6th. Two half steps, from the root to the flat 2nd and from the 5th to the flat 6th, give it a sad, plucked sound.
Japanese folk and koto music use this sound a lot. It is also called Miyako-bushi.
Play it on one string first, up and down. Every phrase that ends on the 5th sounds like a koto line.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Kumoi 2 (In Scale) scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b2 (Bb): Bb Chinese Scale
- From degree 4 (D): D Hirajoshi Scale
- From degree 5 (E): E Iwato Scale
- From degree b6 (F): F Hirajoshi 2
Kumoi 2 (In Scale) in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db F G Ab | Open |
| C# | C# D F# G# A | Open |
| D | D Eb G A Bb | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Ab Bb Cb | Open |
| E | E F A B C | Open |
| F | F Gb Bb C Db | Open |
| F# | F# G B C# D | Open |
| G | G Ab C D Eb | Open |
| G# | G# A C# D# E | Open |
| A | A Bb D E F | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Eb F Gb | Open |
| B | B C E F# G | Open |