source file: m1501.txt
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:07:44 -0400

Subject: Japanese scales

From: "Paul H. Erlich" <PErlich@Acadian-Asset.com>

Paul Hahn wrote,

>?? I don't think we're talking about the same scale.  I mean the one
>that's approximated in 12TET by 2-1-4-1-4.

That's the Hirajoshi scale, a very important Japanese scale. The minor
pentatonic scale is 3-2-2-3-2, more common throughout the world but less
so in Japan, where it is known as Minyo.