Japanese Notes

[tickle witch]

hi there! first post.

i'm trying to make a japanese sounding track. Which notes should i use?

and while where on the subject what notes for something egyptian sounding?

do i need to use different tuning for these?

[shamann]

Learn about pentatonic scales.

Try here:
http://www.theorylessons.com/pentatonics.html

Just type pentatonic scales in google, you'll find a ton of stuff.

[Peel]

There are quite a few styles of traditional Japanese music, using different scales & melodic conventions.
Pentatonics are a good place to start.
Japanese music is generally believed to use a Pythagorean tuning.
I don't know about Egyptian, but it's thought that the Pythagoreans got "their" tuning from Egypt and/or Babylon, so Pythagorean's a good bet on that one too