Hirajōshi scale, or hira-choshi (Japanese: 平調子, Hepburn: hirachōshi, 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] "The hirajoshi, kumoijoshi, and kokinjoshi 'scales' are Western derivations of the koto tunings of the same names. These scales have been used by rock and jazz guitarists in search of 'new' sounds."[2]
Hirajoshi scale on C according to Burrows. PlayⓘHirajoshi scale on C according to Sachs and Slonimsky. PlayⓘHirajoshi scale on C according to Kostka & Payne and Speed. Playⓘ
Burrows gives C-E-F♯-G-B.[3]Sachs,[4] as well as Slonimsky,[5] give C-D♭-F-G♭-B♭. Speed[2] and Kostka & Payne[6] give C-D-E♭-G-A♭. Note that all are hemitonicpentatonic scales (five note scales with one or more semitones) and are different modes of the same pattern of intervals, 2-1-4-1-4 semitones. Peter Sculthorpe's Earth Cry uses the Hirajoshi mode as a tonal centre of the work.
Synonymous scales have different names per region of Japan, as well as according to several ethnomusicologists and researchers, which may lead to some confusion. For example, the Iwato scale bears the same intervals as Slonimsky's concept of the Hirajoshi scale, and is also the fourth mode of the In scale. The same scale given by Kostka & Payne matches the third mode of the In scale.
hirajōshi, scale, hira, choshi, japanese, 平調子, hepburn, hirachōshi, chōshi, tuning, hira, even, level, tranquil, standard, regular, tuning, scale, adapted, from, shamisen, music, yatsuhashi, kengyō, tuning, koto, hirajoshi, kumoijoshi, kokinjoshi, scales, west. Hirajōshi scale or hira choshi Japanese 平調子 Hepburn hirachōshi 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 The hirajoshi kumoijoshi and kokinjoshi scales are Western derivations of the koto tunings of the same names These scales have been used by rock and jazz guitarists in search of new sounds 2 Hirajoshi scale on C according to Burrows Play Hirajoshi scale on C according to Sachs and Slonimsky Play Hirajoshi scale on C according to Kostka amp Payne and Speed Play Burrows gives C E F G B 3 Sachs 4 as well as Slonimsky 5 give C D F G B Speed 2 and Kostka amp Payne 6 give C D E G A Note that all are hemitonic pentatonic scales five note scales with one or more semitones and are different modes of the same pattern of intervals 2 1 4 1 4 semitones Peter Sculthorpe s Earth Cry uses the Hirajoshi mode as a tonal centre of the work The five modes of hirajoshi can also be derived as subsets of the Ionian Phrygian Lydian Aeolian and Locrian modes Synonymous scales have different names per region of Japan as well as according to several ethnomusicologists and researchers which may lead to some confusion For example the Iwato scale bears the same intervals as Slonimsky s concept of the Hirajoshi scale and is also the fourth mode of the In scale The same scale given by Kostka amp Payne matches the third mode of the In scale See also editIn scale Japanese mode Japanese musical scalesReferences edit Harich Scheider Eta 1973 1922 A History of Japanese Music London Oxford University Press p 520 ISBN 0 19 316203 2 a b Speed Burgess 2008 Japan Your Passport to a New World of Music p 15 ISBN 978 0 7390 4303 5 Burrows Terry 1999 How to Read Music p 90 ISBN 9780312241599 Meyer Leonard B 1961 Emotion and Meaning in Music p 224 ISBN 978 0 226 52139 8 Nicolas Slonimsky 1947 Thesaurus of Scales and Musical Patterns pg 160 Kostka amp Payne 1995 Tonal Harmony p 484 Third Edition ISBN 0 07 300056 6 Further reading editHewitt Michael 2013 Musical Scales of the World The Note Tree ISBN 978 0957547001 nbsp This article related to the music of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hirajōshi scale amp oldid 1180397772, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
