Hirajoshi

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Hirajoshi, or hira-choshi (Japanese 平調子: chōshi = tuning and hira = even, level, tranquil, standard or regular) is a tuning scale adapted from shamisen music by Yatsuhashi Kengyō for tuning of the koto.[1]

It is essentially a standard pentatonic scale in Aeolian mode (i.e. the sixth degree of a scale).

In D mode it consists of: D-Eb-G-A-Bb.[2] Other scales includes the Insen, Iwato and Kumojoshi scales.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Harich-Scheider, Eta (1973). A History of Japanese Music. London: Oxford University Press, p.520. 
  2. ^ Hirajoshi (English). koto.sapp.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.

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