Scales
Scale Notes & Info
Scale: C piongio
Description: An 'exotic Far-East' pentatonic catalogued in modern scale encyclopaedias, often paired with Pelog in scale lists. It typically features uneven step sizes and clustered semitones, giving a plaintive, East-Asian-inflected sound used in world-music-style modal improvisation on piano and guitar.
Notes (pitch classes): C, D, F, G, A, A#
Intervals (formula): 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P, 6M, 7m
| Degree | Note | Note+Octave | Semitones | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | C3 | 0 | 1P |
| 2 | D | D3 | 2 | 2M |
| 3 | F | F3 | 5 | 4P |
| 4 | G | G3 | 7 | 5P |
| 5 | A | A3 | 9 | 6M |
| 6 | A# | A#3 | 0 | 1P |