Japanese scales. --------------------- The Japanese have lots of traditional scales. They do not feature much nowadays but still are interesting to experiment with. All scales are in E, but the shapes can be moved around the fret-board with ease. HIRO JOSHI |-------------------------------0-----| |-------------------------0--1--------| |----------------------0--------------| |----------------2--4-----------------| |----------2--3-----------------------| |-0--2--3-----------------------------| E F# G B C E F# G B C E KUMOI |-------------------------------0-----| |-------------------------0--1--------| |----------------------2--------------| |----------------2--3-----------------| |----------2--3-----------------------| |-0--1--5-----------------------------| E F A B C E F A B C E IWATO |--------------------------------0---| |-----------------------------3------| |----------------------2--3----------| |-------------0--2--3----------------| |-------0--1-------------------------| |-0--2-------------------------------| E F# A A# D E F A A# D E RYOSEN |------------------------------------| |-----------------------------0--4---| |-------------------------1----------| |------------------2--4--------------| |-----------2--4---------------------| |-0--2--4----------------------------| E F# G# B C# E F# G# B C# KOKIN-JOSHI |-------------------------------0-----| |-------------------------0--3--------| |----------------------2--------------| |-------------0--2--3-----------------| |-------0--2--------------------------| |-0--1--------------------------------| E F A B D E F A B D E YO (yes, the yo scale) |-------------------------------0-----| |-------------------------0--2--------| |----------------------1--------------| |----------------2--4-----------------| |----------2--4-----------------------| |-0--2--4-----------------------------| E F# G# B C# E F# G# B C# E