Pentasonic
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[Genre] | Modern |
[Composed] | John Kaizan Neptune - Shakuhachi - 1982 |
Pentasonic appears on the following albums
Album | Artist | |
Digital 45 |
Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune | |
Kite |
Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune | |
The five basic open-hole tones of the standard shakuhachi give you D, F, G, A, and C. This is the folk scale of Japan and happens to be very close to a D minor blues. I believe the shakuhachi fits into this jazz context very well, as do the classical guitar and string quartet, though none of these instruments are typically found playing Pentasonic blues.
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