Pentatonic scales
C♯ Iwato
The darkest of the Japanese pentatonics - b2 and b5 both pulling downward.
Notes
How to get there
In-sen with the 5 flattened.
On your instrument
Tap any note to hear it. ● root ● scale note
Guitar - Standard (EADGBE)
Chords in this scale
This scale skips too many steps to stack tidy thirds - treat any of its notes as colours over the drone instead of building chords.