Scales
A# Iwato Scale
A# · B · D# · E · G#
A# Iwato is a scale built on A# with the notes A# · B · D# · E · G#.
A# Iwato Scale
A# · B · D# · E · G#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 1 2 1 2 3 | A# · B · D# · E · G# · A# | |
| Left hand | 2 1 2 1 3 2 | A# · B · D# · E · G# · A# |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
A# Iwato is made of the notes A# · B · D# · E · G#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H 2 H 2 W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale · pentatonic and blues scales
Related scales
A# Iwato is a selection of notes from larger scales rather than a seven-note scale of its own, so it has no chords of its own: it takes them from the scales that contain it, listed here with the scales it contains and its related keys.
Bb IwatoBb · Cb · Eb · Fb · Ab
The same sound, spelled from the enharmonic root
Scales that contain it
A# LocrianA# · B · C# · D# · E · F# · G#
Contains every note of A# Iwato.
A# Bebop LocrianA# · B · C# · D# · E · E# · F# · G#
Contains every note of A# Iwato.
Understanding A# Iwato
Names and spellings
A# Iwato and Bb Iwato are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Bb Iwato
Common questions
- How do I play A# Iwato?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 3 1 2 1 2 3, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What notes are in A# Iwato?
- A# Iwato contains the notes A# · B · D# · E · G#, measured from the tonic A# as the intervals 1P, 2m, 4P, 5d, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of A# Iwato?
- From A# the steps run H 2 H 2 W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.