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The Javanese Pelog Scale - Music Theory And Guitar Diagrams

The Pelog scale is one of the two scales used in gamelan Indian music (the second being the Sléndro).

In western music it is referred to as Dorian Flat 2, Phrygian Sharp 6 (actually second mode of the melodic minor scale), Phrygian-Mixolydian or also jazz minor inverse.

Pelog Scale Formula Chart

The formula is 1 (tonic), b2 (minor second), b3 (minor third), 4 (perfect fourth), 5 (perfect fifth), 6 (sixth), b7 (minor seventh). 

Pelog Scale C Db Eb F G A Bb
Formula 1 b2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Intervals H W W W W H W

 

Here is a short audio clip to hear this scale.

One-Octave Shapes

Here are four guitar diagrams containing four one-octave shapes to play the pelog scale in position.

Try to practice these shapes anywhere on the neck, in all twelve keys.

Javanese pelog scale guitar shapes

Two-Octave Shapes

These two diagrams are designed for those who want to play the Pelog scale in position,  within the space of two octaves.

In the first shape, the tonic (1) is on the 6th, 4th and 1st string, whereas it is on the 5th, 3rd and 1st string in the second shape.

Javanese pelog scale guitar positions

Pelog Scale - 3 Notes Per String (3NPS)

Here below, the Pelog scale is presented using 3 notes per string for each shape.

Each shape starting on a different degree of the scale in order to cover all the guitar neck.

Javanese pelog scale guitar diagrams

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