Pentatonic scales

F♯ 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)

357912EBGDAEF♯GBCECEF♯GBBCEF♯GEF♯GBCBCEF♯GF♯GBCE

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.