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Hirajoshi, or hira-choshi (choshi = tuning and hira
= even, level, tranquil, standard or regular) is the original solo koto
tuning which was developed by Yatsuhashi Kengyoo in the seventeenth
century and was adapted from Shamisen music. In the D-mode, hirajoshi
consists of the pentatonic scale: D, E-flat, G, A, B-flat.
Here are the pitches to which the strings of the koto are tuned
in hirajoshi when the tonic of the scale is D:
| string: |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| Hira-choshi |
|
D4 |
G3 |
A3 |
Bb3 |
D4 |
Eb4 |
G4 |
A4 |
Bb4 |
D5 |
Eb5 |
G5 |
A5 |
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