E Hirajoshi scale on piano
E Hirajoshi has 5 notes: E F♯ G B C. Degrees: 1 2 ♭3 5 ♭6. Formula: W H 2W H 2W.
What notes are in the E Hirajoshi scale?
E, F♯, G, B and C. It has 5 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W H 2W H 2W.
What does E Hirajoshi sound like, and when do you use it?
Approximation of a Japanese scale: delicate, with an Eastern melancholy. Use it over minor chords with ♭6.
Chord progressions to improvise with E Hirajoshi
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the keyboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in E:
- Pedal (I): a Em vamp. A chord made of scale notes, held over the root: hear each note against the bass.
E Hirajoshi on the keyboard
It uses 1 black key: F♯. On the interactive keyboard above you can hear it, show its degrees or intervals and practice its chords.