 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.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.