Chords for Japanese Scale Explanation

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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ This is the Japanese scale and it is known by other names
The Kumoi scale I've heard it called
Whatever you choose to call any of these exotic scales is up to you
The more important thing is to understand the intervals that you're working with.
So [F#] with this Japanese scale
We are working [E] with the root
_ [F] minor second
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flat sixth
[Am] _ [E] back to the root
So it's a five note scale kind of like the pentatonic scale
_ [F#] but [F#] of course you can hear that more exotic [A#] Asian flavor [E] to this and
[Am] _ _ [A#] Really to get the most out of this scale
You kind of want to emulate
Kodo, which is a Japanese 13 stringed [G] instrument.
It's a plucked instrument.
So
Really to accentuate the sound of this scale you would want to use the stylings of a kodo player which
There are a couple different things that I'll show you
one of them is
Accentuating this half step.
So there's a couple half step _
Pieces of this scale.
So we have the flat two [E] in the root
So what you would do is really pull on the root string
[F] and hit that flat two
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_ _ _ [F#] So
For your reference.
I'm on the seventh fret of the a string and I'm just letting this
thick E string ring [E] out _
_ _ _ And then you can do the same thing [G] here on the ninth fret of the D string which will [G#] be the
flat sixth and fifth, so [B] here's the fifth
And here's the [C] flat sixth
So you'll just do [E] this _ _ _ [Em] and you can [B] doctor it up
However, you want to we can play both notes and then do our little pull
technique, so
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_ _ Move between them _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ Maybe try octaves
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_ _ _ So there's a lot of different things [G] you can try
I'm going to show you examples, of course later on in [E] this section, but [N] I can let you know that this scale
Will primarily work well over minor tonalities minor chords so you can hear that minor sound
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Kind of find your way around this scale with minor
Pentatonics I would say
So _ _ _ _ _ _ you can see [C] how you can start a phrase in the Japanese tonality and then move into the more traditional minor
Pentatonic tonality and it works [G] really nice _ _ _
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