Guitar UpscalePelog (Balinese) scale on guitar
This scale is a Western version of pelog, the five note scale of Balinese and Javanese gamelan music.
| Notes in A | A Bb C E F |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 b3 5 b6 |
| Steps | H W 2W H 2W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 5 |
| Style in the app | Various Exotic, scale "Pelog / Balinese" |
Play A Pelog (Balinese) on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Pelog (Balinese) scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, 5th and flat 6th. Gamelan instruments are tuned between the notes of a piano, so this is the closest twelve note match.
Two half steps and a wide gap from the flat 3rd to the 5th give it a bell like, dark sound.
Play it with a clean tone and let notes ring together, like gamelan bells.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
Pelog (Balinese) in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db Eb G Ab | Open |
| C# | C# D E G# A | Open |
| D | D Eb F A Bb | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Gb Bb Cb | Open |
| E | E F G B C | Open |
| F | F Gb Ab C Db | Open |
| F# | F# G A C# D | Open |
| G | G Ab Bb D Eb | Open |
| G# | G# A B D# E | Open |
| A | A Bb C E F | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Db F Gb | Open |
| B | B C D F# G | Open |