A series of short etudes for practicing Japanese scale patterns. Both Kinko and Western notations. There is a brief explanation about the different scales followed by five note patterns that will help master playing in different “keys”. 13 pages and a very gentle price.

Spending time warming up to begin your practice is invaluable for any musician.

Contained in this book is a series of simple five-note patterns based on the two

most common scales encountered in traditional Japanese music, the open-hole

Minyo scale and the semi-tone Insempo scale. Many of these patterns are found

throughout the sankyoku and honkyoku repertoire so the exercises serve not only

as a way to warm up, but also as a way to practice these patterns. Each two-bar

pattern should be played slowly but always in one breath