Low E string: F, Gb, Ab, C, Db at frets 1, 2, 4, 8, 9
A string: C, Db, F, Gb, Ab at frets 3, 4, 8, 9, 11
D string: F, Gb, Ab, C, Db at frets 3, 4, 6, 10, 11
G string: Ab, C, Db, F, Gb at frets 1, 5, 6, 10, 11
B string: C, Db, F, Gb, Ab at frets 1, 2, 6, 7, 9
High E string: F, Gb, Ab, C, Db at frets 1, 2, 4, 8, 9
The pelog scale is a five note approximation, in Western tuning, of the Indonesian pelog tuning system used in gamelan music: root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, 5th, flat 6th. Real pelog is a seven tone tuning that does not map onto equal temperament, so treat this as a color palette rather than a transcription. Its stacked half steps around the root and 5th produce the shimmering, gong-like character.
it consists of these notes and degrees:
I
bII
bIII
V
bVI
Same notes, different mode
F pelog uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.
How to play F pelog on guitar
Nothing open belongs to this key, so the capo does the work: clamp fret 1 and every E pelog shape you know transfers straight over. Lowest root sits at fret 1 on the low E, with further roots at fret 3 on the D string and fret 6 on the B. Box one runs from there and hands over at fret 5, which means the first shape lives inside the first five frets. A-shape barre waits at fret 8.
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