Escala de La Iwato para Guitar
Escala de Guitar en afinación DADGAD — diagrama de diapasón
La Iwato en DADGAD — Notas e Intervalos
La escala Iwato de A es una escala pentatonica japonesa oscura y sombria. En Guitar, sus notas son A, Bb, D, Eb, G. Es esencialmente un modo Locrio pentatonico, conocido por su caracter inestable y misterioso, utilizado frecuentemente para representar sombras o contemplacion profunda. Usada comunmente en Japanese, Metal, Dark Ambient, Experimental. Entre los interpretes destacados se encuentran Marty Friedman, Meshuggah. Use over diminished or m7b5 chords. Excellent for dark ambient textures and metal riffs with an Eastern edge.
Notas: La, Sib, Re, Mib, Sol
Intervalos: 1P, 2m, 4P, 5d, 7m
Grados: 1 b2 3 4 b5
Fórmula: H-4-H-4-W
Número de notas: 5
Afinación: DADGAD (D-A-D-G-A-D)
Acerca de la Afinación DADGAD
DADGAD tuning creates an open Dsus4 chord when strummed open, producing a hauntingly beautiful, droning sound that has become synonymous with Celtic folk music and modern acoustic songwriting. The tuning's natural resonance and overtones make even simple fingerpicking patterns sound rich and complex.
Popularized by Davey Graham in the 1960s and later championed by Pierre Bensusan and Jimmy Page, DADGAD has become one of the most beloved alternate tunings for acoustic guitarists. Its suspended quality — neither clearly major nor minor — creates an ethereal, meditative atmosphere that invites exploration. The tuning excels at creating drone-based arrangements where open strings ring against fretted notes.
Artistas destacados: Pierre Bensusan, Jimmy Page, Andy McKee, Davey Graham, Laurence Juber
Ideal para: Celtic folk, acoustic songwriting, drone-based fingerpicking, and meditative compositions
Carácter Musical
The darkest Japanese pentatonic — essentially a pentatonic Locrian. Its unstable b5 creates a shadowy, contemplative quality unlike any other pentatonic scale.