Here In Ethiopia we use the same scales as these. We call them Ambassel, Bati, Yanchi hoye, and Tizita.
@Yet_another_placeholder4 жыл бұрын
Hirajoshi, or 平調子 ("Hira-Choushi", "Standard Tuning"), is a tuning scale originally created for the Koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. It was created by Yatsuhashi-Kengyou, who adapted the tuning of the Shamisen (a 3-stringed Japanese banjo, also sometimes called the "San-gen", which means "3 strings") to the Koto, which allowed for a lot more varied music to be played on the Koto. Before Yatsuhashi-Kengyou adapted this to the Koto, the Koto was strictly used for court-music, and there were only 6 pieces of music written for it, and to make it even more boring, these 6 pieces all used the same key, tempo and duration (according to what I've been able to find by researching this quite extensively during the Corona Quarantine thing). Creating the Hirajoshi system allowed the Koto-player to play virtually any Shamisen-piece on the Koto as well, which allowed for a lot more variation. Yatsuhashi also made the Koto much more accessible to the public, which made it lose its court-status. Also, a lot of sources incorrectly refer to him as "Yatsuhashi Kengyou", as if Kengyou was his given name. While I haven't been able to find any recordings of his given name, it is most likely that it wasn't Kengyou, as Kengyou is a title given to highly esteemed blind musicians, similar to how "Sensei" is a title given to teachers, doctors and authors. A modern-day example would be Stevie Wonder, who is probably the most famous blind musician nowadays. Also, don't sweat it with the pronunciation. Most of the time, it was better than what I've heard from many Japanese-learners.
@ndub40143 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@JungleLibrary2 жыл бұрын
Great info. I agree about his pronunciation too, he did great. I don't even pronounce Japanese words 'properly' when speaking English because the sounds don't really flow well - I think people mangle Japanese words because they worry too much and add in sounds that aren't written. I've been called Sudoku a number of times, which is kinda baffling - just use basic vowel sounds! but then again I can't put myself in their shoes.
@ismu342 жыл бұрын
If you read Japanese words with a Spanish or Italian accent it's actually pretty close haha.
@bongjovi49282 жыл бұрын
Touch grass
@binface95 жыл бұрын
That trick with the tetrachords has been a revelation to me. Thanks!
@appolinaireyapo11905 жыл бұрын
So, do me
@novajohansson31944 жыл бұрын
Same, and in pretty good and music theory but I've never heard it out like this before^^
@barefootarts7373 жыл бұрын
This is how turkish, arabic and persian music is often taught or broken down. Intervallic groups of 4 or 5 roughly speaking. Similarly in hindustani music also.
@miriamlogan37334 жыл бұрын
So you're telling me I get to make up my own scales? Awesome.
@darkflamesquirrel3 жыл бұрын
I'll make my own scale. With blackjack and hookers!
@promathinstituteofadvanced9614 жыл бұрын
The best music related channel on KZbin. Period.
@appolinaireyapo11905 жыл бұрын
There is an other Japaneese mode called "IN SEN" C-Db-F-G-Bb-C. Thé Ritsu scale can be also called "Kio" C-D-F-G-A-C
@maxiapalucci25114 жыл бұрын
Appolinaire Yapo so a major blues scale with no Tritone?
@appolinaireyapo11904 жыл бұрын
@@maxiapalucci2511 rather the fourth mode of a major pentatonic. For example : F-G-A-C-D major penta of F. The 4th mode it's a Ritsu scale: C-D-F-G-A-C
@snottyboy99834 жыл бұрын
I love the Ritsu scale
@animemus63693 жыл бұрын
It's just second mode and pentatonic no?
@wolfthunder25263 жыл бұрын
Wow, i recognize some of them like pelog, slendro, and madenda scale in Sundanese/Javanese/Balinese traditional music. 👍 Good work of presentation. Some of them are so jazzy, i like it Miyako-Bushi is the madenda one, Ritsu is slendro, and ryūkyū is pelog/degung
@coastercook5 жыл бұрын
Love it! More videos on theory outside of Western music, please.
@RandyBakkelund5 жыл бұрын
Indian Ragas come to mind with that
@BECOMEASALITTLECHILD4 жыл бұрын
Been improvising these for years (the last two) just didnt name them. Your playing puts me instantly in touch with indian rather than japanese sounding
@schierlingsbecher77782 жыл бұрын
Arab maqams
@oriyan24 жыл бұрын
I know the ritsu-scale also by the name "scottish pentatonic". Interestingly, many scottish songs are also well known and popular in Japan (but with japanese lyrics).
@vxru5 Жыл бұрын
I can actually hear it as well, especially with the C pedal tone, I can almost hear the drones of the bagpipes.
@Walaard5 жыл бұрын
Love this eastern sounds codificated in western ways. We cannot be like them, for many cultural (even musically) differents, but we can search for an inspiration in their culture, and that's freaking great! Thank you for your videos, from an italian fellow.
@StonefieldMusic5 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly the most useful video I've ever seen about alternate scales. As a person who plays a five-string bass alternate tuned in a mix of fifths and fourths, this one lesson might keep me busy for a year or two. Thank you.
@sharadsemilo2 жыл бұрын
Please provide an example of a tuning that you would use and if you wouldn't please tell us how you would use it
@seamusmckeon9109 Жыл бұрын
How is it tuned exactly?
@juliuswarburton3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering about animé theme tunes, and I've always been a fan of video game music, and I saw another KZbin video last week about chord progressions in Pokémon games that got me like experimenting, but this video really helped me get into the heads of those guys. Great work. Thank you.
@ParsevalMusic5 жыл бұрын
Ma che bravo... finalmente un po' di chiarezza. Salutoni dall'Italia!!
@aylbdrmadison10514 жыл бұрын
The beginning of this was my first day in beginning music theory. My introduction to these scales though was a huge book my friends dad gave him. Best book on scales I've never seen again. It had scales from all over the world, and even had all the Indian ragas with all the quarter tones.
@yashhbodhare4 жыл бұрын
Which book is it...can you tell me too?
@sharadsemilo2 жыл бұрын
Please provide us the name of the book
@NandaJuliansyahAJ4 жыл бұрын
the Ryukyu scale totally same as the one used in Javanese and Sundanese music known as “Damilatilada” scale. very exciting to found similarities between distant cultures around the globe :)
@rinz75724 жыл бұрын
I think, Hirajoshi pattern too 😀
@tdh953 жыл бұрын
Actually the Ryukyu scale is the same as Javanese, and the Miyako-bushi is the same as Sundanese :)
@MetalMaestro3 жыл бұрын
In Bali this is known as “pelog”
@StuartWoodwardJP2 жыл бұрын
If Island hop from Java by boat heading north and east sailing to the closest island you’ll eventually come to Okinawa. These were the sea highways in the past.
@afuriousblackman5 жыл бұрын
YES!! This is exactly what I wanted to see. All for more content like this!
@OdaKa5 жыл бұрын
Wow, knowing how tetrachords form scales makes memorizing scale degrees so much simpler. why don't they teach this in beginners classes??
@1349-o2m4 жыл бұрын
Some scales dont have a perfect 4th and 5th which changes the tetrachord idea a lot. See how in the video he showed that by mixing and matching the tetrachords you get major minor phrygian and dorian , but you dont get lydian myxolydian and locrian
@ruebene22234 жыл бұрын
@@1349-o2m Actually it's only lydian and locrian that you cannot use tetrachords with (traditionally). Myxolydian has both a perfect 4th and 5th.
@1349-o2m4 жыл бұрын
@@ruebene2223 My mistake you are correct.
@AlbertGorek4 жыл бұрын
actually they do
@flashraylaser157 Жыл бұрын
@@ruebene2223 That's only out of the seven modes of the most familiar major diatonic scale. Many of the modes of harmonic minor don't have both an unaltered fourth and unaltered fifth, and some diatonic scales (and modes thereof) actually lack both.
@kittavares43344 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. You saved me a lot of time. When you see all these different names, it's very confusing, but if you approach it with the concept of clusters (trichords) and modes, it all becomes clear.
@cnner19972 жыл бұрын
4:00 Holy crap that brought me back to when I lived in Okinawa I miss it there man, I miss my mom 😭
@RandyBakkelund5 жыл бұрын
I learned something new today. I knew what tetrachords were before, but I've never seen a use for them like you explained here. Pretty neat stuff!
@alixchatelain29134 жыл бұрын
Once again you’ve hit a bull’s eye with your lucid explanations of tetrachords and their many possible practical uses - congratulations! Your presentations are always very illustrative, stimulating, friendly and to the point.
@egocentral14 жыл бұрын
Horajoshi has me feeling some kind of way.
@HarlanHarvey765 жыл бұрын
Hirajoshi scale - 1 2 b3 5 b6 8 Or W H M3 H M3 Great over minor chords/ minor add b6 chords My favorite is the: In scale - 1 b2 4 5 b6 8 or H M3 W H M3 - great over sus4 and dominant chords Kumoi scale - 1 2 b3 5 6 8 or W H M3 W m3
@colmcq4 жыл бұрын
It's really cool to use over a minor progression
@jamesnesser89935 жыл бұрын
I never knew there were so many Japanese scales. I was blind to most of this but now the, ahem, scales have fallen from my eyes.
@theeniwetoksymphonyorchest75804 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Loads of new musical ideas in under 9 minutes!
@JTakasa2 жыл бұрын
Your Pronunciation is better than 98% of America. 👏
@prewettcr5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! My knowledge of chord theory and exotic scales has been enlarged immensely. Thank you!
@jahangiramiri61195 жыл бұрын
Wow! You explained such a complex system in the most simplest way. Immensely appreciated 👍
@Emenut4 жыл бұрын
the ryu kyu is so beautiful !
@MysteronLunaris3 жыл бұрын
Incredible video, thanks a lot. Really helpful deconstruction of Japanese musical scales.
@leascaart3 жыл бұрын
I love your channel. I am a new subscriber. I look forward to seeing many of your videos. Thank you.
@EmilioParker3 жыл бұрын
6:16 the difference between the "Miyako-Bushi scale" and the "Hirajoshi scale" is that in the Hirajoshi scale, you replace G with Fsharp ( replace tone from 4th [F]) with a semitone [Fsharp]). So the "Hirajoshi scale" goes like so: C - Csharp - F - Fsharp - A sharp - C.
@AurumVoxMusic3 жыл бұрын
I got much more than what I was looking for. Amazing teaching!! I will use it on my music 🎶
@ebell4045 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This was news I could use. I used the pentatonic with a C E F G Ab C and it sounds great! I've been playing with it for two days.
@antjamnow12862 жыл бұрын
Ryu Kyu Scale is used in the Main Theme of Ty the Tazmanian Tiger (PS2) game. Look it up! Super rad theme.
@MahatmaLevolence5 жыл бұрын
Many years ago i read Japan had five pentatonic scales, each one coming from a specific area/region/prefecture. My favourite is Hira Joshi (or Miyako Bushi) as you can get some particularly oriental triads from it over a (low) E pedal tone.
@riverdelavidawilliams96245 жыл бұрын
It’s been amazing having such an informational source for learning all the possibilities that exist outside the normal major scale. Thank you. Some time you should do a video on renaissance scales
@HitTheRoadMusicStudio4 жыл бұрын
Man you really just make music theory fun and easy to understand, gracie gitarrero amigo haha 🌴
@subhojitchoudhury58764 жыл бұрын
Wow!! That was great!!! It's really fun to know these "outside" theories.. you have definitely expanded my realm of knowledge and playing. Thank you.. Love from India.
@mjinsantafe4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE your tutorials! So the ritsu scale is basically playing along the black keys. I remember in 20th century comp class that Gustav Holst use to play along the same scale in his Military Suites especially for the marches.
@guilhermevitor8656 Жыл бұрын
i dont now to much, but i think the hirajoshi is (in C) C D Eb G Ab (C)
@_gheo4 жыл бұрын
Questa cosa dei tetracordi è fenomenale, non la conoscevo proprio! Interessantissima! Grazie per la condivisione 😊
@hijmestoffels51715 жыл бұрын
Playing the Hiratoshi scale A B-flat D E F A on guitar, with the open D-string as a drone is an easy way to impress your friends.
@sc1ss0r1ng5 жыл бұрын
Since you use D as a drone, it seems like D is the root and you are starting on the fifth, A. And the scale is basically a D minor scale, missing the fourth and the seventh degree of the scale. I would take a guess and say that if you were playing in that scale and added a C# (after a D for example), and then resolved that C# up to a D, it would sound good. If you were in the key of A (which i doubt since you're missing the third), playing a G# and resolving to an A, should sound good. But I doubt that it will. My money is on D being the root, just from seeing your layout of the scale.
@EclecticEssentric5 жыл бұрын
@@sc1ss0r1ng That's interesting. I recently learned a Mixo scale minus the 2+6 as if a minor scale, and I wondered if any minor scales were played minus the 4+7 as if major. I guess so. I didn't try any out and forgot to check because sleepy. Zzzz.
@musicmangm75725 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos so much. You have so much knowledge and I thank you for sharing it.🎸
@johnberg13265 жыл бұрын
This is stunning. A simple explanation of such an interesting approach. Thank you again! I love your lessons.
@liquidsolids94154 жыл бұрын
That was fascinating. Thank you for the great lesson!
@themusicgaragetmg23305 жыл бұрын
Awesome work, very insightful and very helpful in a totally new perspective of a very common scale, you've made it refreshing to look at the pentatonics!
@carquest37483 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much this makes so much sense
@juyumea425 жыл бұрын
Arigatougozaimasu! This is great. Clarified so much for me
@shailenleelreea78785 жыл бұрын
The best music teacher
@Roman-is4jj6 ай бұрын
Thank you, enjoyed
@camiloduartemusic20524 жыл бұрын
Amazing lesson!!!!!! much love from Colombia!!!!
@MusicTheoryForGuitar4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😃
@gerardocorrea95594 жыл бұрын
Very good video. Thanks for sharing this
@LouCadle Жыл бұрын
brilliant! And of course now it makes sense to me as a matter of physics, because strings depressed at specific fractions of their length make the perfect fourth and fifth, and that would be universal musical knowledge, I imagine.... so a pretty good AHA for me here, that within that "tetrachord" structure lies the other scale tones. Grazie.
@necudavamkazem5 жыл бұрын
I still cant imagine that this channel, with all this useful stuff, is still relatively small keep up the vids are so good both the topics and the explanations And i also agree with mister @Fishy Phish that more non-western music lessons would be great
@MusicTheoryForGuitar5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. If you have friends who would enjoy this channel, feel free to share with them any video :)
@오쌍-g3g5 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!
@JamieFifthring5 жыл бұрын
I have just discovered your channel. It's just amazing!!! Thanks for it!
@pancon54 жыл бұрын
Fantastic sounding, please do more on non-Western music!
@CamilaFuentes02275 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was looking for this since years ago
@jeanlucchapelon4 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation « comme d’habitude « !! You’re a good teacher !
@charaiveti-charaiveti5 жыл бұрын
wow! i was blind, now i can see! i noodle using some of these constructs, to match my hapidrum, but this video takes everything to another level of expression. arrigato, grazie tommaso!
@geeleeggan5 жыл бұрын
I stumbled onto the Ritsu scale after doing some noodling and couldn’t figure out which western scale it matched (it didn’t 🙁) but C# Ritsu matched perfectly. It’s all very new and confusing but I discovered you can make some nice music with it 😀
@chocomalk5 жыл бұрын
This is the most intelligent and inspiring beard I have ever seen.
@dhaneshs1315 жыл бұрын
Mind Blowing... Thank you Tommaso
@TheCitizenmax5 жыл бұрын
best video yet!
@bmarks755 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Very informative. Love the sound of those scales.
@uncletaromusic25654 жыл бұрын
wow very nice. im from okinawa(ryukyu). thanks for sharing our music scales to internet~!
@christopherheckman53924 жыл бұрын
Pentatonic scales are designed to have little to no dissonance in them; that's why they seem so relaxing.
@brianlobue46494 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. Thanks
@mazhijun11074 жыл бұрын
jay chou use hiratoshi scale E-F-A-B-C-E,and add G# to become A minor scale A-B-C-E-F-G#-A,refer to jolin tsai 骑士精神written by him
@mbmillermo4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff! You've been making a lot of great videos. You make a lot of intriguing choices and your explanations are excellent. Thanks!
@BibaswanNarayanDatta4 жыл бұрын
Hi Tomazzo, You can search for raga Gunakali on KZbin .. the notes of the miyako bushi scale and raga gunakali are same.
@StuartWoodwardJP2 жыл бұрын
Starts playing guitar…. out comes the introduction to every Okinawan rock song. 😆
@BeN-bn5yb5 жыл бұрын
I realised I've been ising the ryu kyu scale in my improvs without knowing its called the ryu kyu scale
@Theunknownshredder Жыл бұрын
I love this 👍
@RobertJones-et7gh3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@CraftyOldGit5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and useful, thanks. I'm enjoying all your theory videos - I come away with some learning and something to experiment with.
@yasmine75184 жыл бұрын
Dude i love you so much. Thanks for all you do
@davidsummerville3513 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks
@seiph804 жыл бұрын
Now *this* is interesting!
@GodsUnrulyFriends4 жыл бұрын
This is very informative. Thank you. I use miyako bushi (or its western equivalent) quite often. I composed a few pieces with that scale.
@wuba5565 жыл бұрын
Favorite youtube music teacher!!! :D
@johnnorton43144 жыл бұрын
The first thing we learn about mode is that we will never understand them because no-one else ever did. Liked your video .
@Mazoane4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. They are interesting and very informative
@StanAlter5 жыл бұрын
Some of these scales work like modes. So you can link them together. I really like the Balinese Pelog scale.
@christopherheckman53924 жыл бұрын
That also shows that some modes might be "neighbors" of others (only varying by one note). There's probably a composition lurking in this idea.
@billjackson8641 Жыл бұрын
I figured that there would be a lot of overlap, considering that all human beings have ears.
@danibenedito32604 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! U explain clear the things ❤️
@Raibrary3 жыл бұрын
3:57 as a javanese, this sounds like a javanese piece of music
@MusicTheoryForGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks
@wulfenii645 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Very informative.
@camjay112355 жыл бұрын
Very cool video! Thanks!
@nhchau3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for the interesting video. The Ryukyu scale's sound is very similar to Tay Nguyen's in Vietnam.
@davidemanenti24314 жыл бұрын
Grazie mille per la spiegazione, ma soprattutto grazie per avermi fatto rivivere Okinawa con la RyuKyu: se la memoria (e il nome della scala) non fa brutti scherzi, e' proprio questa la sonorita' che caratterizzava le canzoni popolari dell arcipelago! rock n roll
@aspirativemusicproduction21355 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen cool video for a while. This gives me some ideas to experiment with.
@christopherheckman53924 жыл бұрын
Every one of his videos is cool!
@mastertimb4 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating, thank you!
@wyg29355 жыл бұрын
the ryukyuan scale is identical to one of javanese scales. you guys wanna check that out
@DarmaniLink Жыл бұрын
its a bit late, but your pronunciation is actually really good