User:Fordhuntington1/sandbox

Intro:
The organization of notes to create a musical scale has many different applications in different cultures and types of music. One of the most common approaches to organizing musical structures is known as the Mode or Mode(s). Since the Heian Period, there has been disagreement and contention between musical scholars regarding Japanese music and modal theory. There has long been a debate about Japanese modes and what defines them, to this day there isn't a single modal theory that can completely explain Japanese music. Music Scales are critical in clarifying and identifying musical pieces, however, there has been no single scale model that can identify all Japanese music into one classification or category of music.

The article that I will be adding to is this Article about the Japanese mode which are scales used in Japanese traditional and pop music. The scales are commonly seen as a misinterpretation of traditional western music theory. I will be adding to the basic ' about ' info, adding titles and sections, and improving the overall style and flow comprising the definition of what these scales actually are.

-While the short paragraph in this article explaining what the Japanese mode is, is in one sense correct. But there are various other nuances comprising Japanese modes and music theory and I plan to expand on that.

- additionally, to my understanding there are multiple different scales that each have their own distinct mode within Japanese music. Some a slight departure from western music, some a completely different approach to notes including having a tonal center being focused on the third degree, individual notes in a scale pattern having male and female traits assigned to them, as well as core elements associated with nature. I.e. wind, water, earth, fire, metal

- Section to add from Page 1 of Modes and Scale:

- "No one has yet developed a theory or mode which will explain all of Japanese music" - Paraphrase

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- Something else to add is a brief overview of what a mode is in the context of Japanese music. I find that this article only touches on one aspect of Japanese modes (having to do with the pentatonic Gagaku scale, while there are multiple modes of different Japanese scales for different eras and different types of Japanese music.

- The last section I would like to add is examples of Japanese scales in popular music across various genres ranging from traditional Japanese music, to rock music, and pop.

- As far as other small changes, I will be adding citations to all of the already written content on the page. While there is a citation for everything that was written at the bottom of the page, there are no in text citations and so I will add those as seen fit.

Sentence to add:

There has long been a debate about Japanese modes and what defines them, to this day there isn't a single modal theory that can completely explain Japanese music.

Sources I will be using:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/852434?sid=primo&origin=crossref&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.howmusicworks.org/408/Scales-and-Melody/Japanese-Scales

= Japanese mode = The Japanese mode is a somewhat inaccurate term for a pentatonic musical scale which is used commonly in traditional Japanese music. The intervals of the scale are major second, minor third, major fifth, and minor sixth (for example, the notes A, B, C, E, F and up to A) - which is essentially a natural minor scale in Western music theory without the subdominant and subtonic, which is the same operation performed on the major scale to produce the pentatonic major scale. The more correct term would be kumoijoshi, as given by William P. Malm for one of the three tuning scales of the koto adapted from shamisen music.

However, this scale has been misnamed and misinterpreted many times. It can also be synonymous to the Phrygian dominant scale, otherwise known as the harmonic minor.

In addition to being used almost exclusively in traditional Japanese compositions, it is found frequently in video game music and the pieces of contemporary composers such as Anne Boyd.

References[edit]

 * 1) ^ Harich-Scheider, Eta (1973) [1922]. A History of Japanese Music. London: Oxford University Press. p. 520. ISBN 0-19-316203-2.

External links[edit]

 * Examples of the Japanese mode from train melodies on the Tōzai Line (Kyoto)