Japanese Pentatonic Scales (Akebono, Hirajoshi, Insen, Iwato, Kumoi-choshi)

Various Japanese scales played by piano, then flute on MuseScore. Scales include Akebono, Hirajoshi, Insen, Iwato, and Kumoi-choshi. Most of the scales are pentatonic, and they are often used as “exotic“ scales in contemporary music. Edit: Sorry about the delay. I was trying to fix the scales, and I noticed a major issue with them is that some of them don’t have a defined tonic, so the way they are written, in both “regular“ and “extended“ forms is somewhat confusing. Additionally, some of the s
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