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,
according to a traditional theory, one of
two pentatonic scales used in much
Japanese music, excluding gagaku and
Buddhist chanting. 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)

Play (help·info).

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 Play (help·info).

In scale in the other musical

traditions
In Indian classical music, Gunkali
(Hindustani) and Karnataka Shuddha
Saveri (Carnatic) are nearly identical to the
pentatonic in scale, 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
listen to Machulas Kantu by Bolivia Manta
folk group (Wiñayataqui, 1981).

See also
Hirajōshi scale
Japanese mode
 Japanese musical scales

Sources
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.

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

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