In scale

The in scale (also known as the Sakura pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song Sakura Sakura) is one of two pentatonic scales commonly used in Japanese folk music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist shōmyō. The in scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the koto and shamisen and is contrasted with the yo scale, which does not contain minor notes.[1]

In scale on D with auxiliary notes (F) & (C). 1-b2-(b3)-4-5-b6-(b7) Playⓘ.

More recent theory[2] emphasizes that it is more useful in interpreting Japanese melody to view scales on the basis of "nuclear tones" located a fourth apart and containing notes between them, as in the miyako-bushi scale used in koto and shamisen music and whose pitches are equivalent to the in scale:[3]

Miyako-bushi scale on D, equivalent to in scale on D, with brackets on fourths. 1-b2-4-5-b6 Playⓘ.

## In scale in the other musical traditions

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In Indian classical music, Gunkali (Hindustani), Raga Salanganata (Indian) and Karnataka Shuddha Saveri (Carnatic) are nearly identical to the pentatonic in scale,[4][5] highlighting the shared past of their origins. Some rare examples of ancient genres of Andean music (e.g. k'antu) use a scale similar to the in scale combined with melody leading with a parallel fifths and fourths. For example, Machulas Kantu by Bolivia Manta folk group from the album Wiñayataqui.[original research?]

## See also

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* Hirajōshi scale
* Japanese mode
* Japanese musical scales

## Sources

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1. ^ Titon, Jeff Todd (1996). Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, p.372. ISBN 0-02-872612-X.
2. ^ Koizumi Fumio (1974). Nihon no ongaku (Japanese music), 76. Tokyo: National Theater of Japan.
3. ^ Titon (1996), 373.
4. ^ "Comprehensive Scale Catalog: Five-Tone Scales in Equal Temperament". www.flutopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
5. ^ "Raga Salanganata Scale for Piano | Piano Scales". pianoencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

## Further reading

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* Hewitt, Michael. 2013. Musical Scales of the World. The Note Tree. ISBN 978-0957547001.

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Musical scales (list)

Main Western|

* Major
* Minor
* Pentatonic
* Diatonic
* Chromatic

Other types|

* Bebop
* Blues
* Diminished scale
* Distance model
* Double harmonic
* Enharmonic
* Enigmatic
* Flamenco mode
* Harmonic
* Harmonic major
* Harmonic minor
* Jazz
* Jazz minor
* Major Locrian
* Phrygian dominant
* Ptolemy's intense diatonic
* Scale of harmonics
* Symmetric
* Synthetic mode
* Synthetic scale
* Whole tone

Ethnic origin|

* Algerian
* Arabic
* Double harmonic
* Major Locrian
* Quarter tone
* 17 equal temperament
* Brazil
* Escala nordestina
* Gamelan
* Pelog
* Slendro
* Gypsy
* Hungarian major
* Hungarian minor
* Istrian
* Japanese
* Jewish nusach
* Neapolitan
* Persian
* Romanian major
* Ukrainian Dorian

Non-octave|

* Alpha
* Beta
* Gamma
* Delta
* Bohlen–Pierce

Modes|

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Modes in Western music

Gregorian|

| Authentic|

* Dorian
* Phrygian
* Lydian
* Mixolydian

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Plagal|

* Hypodorian
* Hypophrygian
* Hypolydian
* Hypomixolydian

Other|

* Ionian
* Hypoionian
* Aeolian
* Hypoaeolian
* Locrian
* Hypolocrian
* Pentatonic
* Reciting tone

Diatonic|

* Ionian (I) (natural major and ascending melodic major)
* Dorian (II)
* Phrygian (III)
* Lydian (IV)
* Mixolydian (V)
* Aeolian (VI) (natural minor and descending melodic minor)
* Locrian (VII)

Jazz minor|

* Jazz minor (I) (ascending melodic minor)
* Dorian ♭2 (II)
* Lydian augmented (III)
* Acoustic (IV)
* Aeolian dominant (V) (descending melodic major)
* Half diminished (VI)
* Altered (VII)

Harmonic minor|

* Harmonic minor (I)
* Ukrainian Dorian (IV)
* Phrygian dominant (V)

Harmonic major|

* Harmonic major (I)

Double harmonic scale|

* Double harmonic (I)
* Hungarian minor (IV)
* Oriental (V)

Number of tones|

* Monotonic (1)
* Ditonic (2)
* Tritonic (3)
* Tetratonic (4)
* Pentatonic (5)
* Hexatonic (6)
* Heptatonic (7)
* Octatonic (8)
* Decatonic (10)
* Chromatic (12)

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