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Octatonic scale

An octatonic scale is any eight-note musical scale. However, the term most often refers to the ancohemitonic symmetric scale composed of alternating whole and half steps, as shown in the accompanying image. In classical theory (in contrast to jazz theory), this symmetrical scale is commonly called the octatonic scale (or the octatonic collection)…

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related to Rock and pop · 19
Octatonic scale → But, Dog, Dream Theater, Dream Theater's Octavarium, Earlier, Emerson Lake, English, Examples, He, It's, Jonny Greenwood, Just, King Crimson's Red, Opeth, Opeth's Deliverance, Palmer's The Barbarian, Radiohead, The, The Power
related to 19th century · 18
Octatonic scale → András Schiff, Beethoven, Boris Godunov, Chopin's Mazurka, Concert, First Mephisto Waltz, In, Later, Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky's, No, Octatonic, Op, Piano Sonata No, Taruskin, The, Totentanz, Un Sospiro
related to French sixth and Mystic chord · 18
Octatonic scale → All, Debussy, Debussy's Nuages, Examples, For, French, Mussorgsky, Op, Ravel, Ravel's Scarbo, Rimsky's Scheherezade, Rimsky-Korsakov, Russia, Scriabin, Scriabin's Five Preludes, Stravinsky, The, While
related to Early examples · 13
Octatonic scale → AD, Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata, Eytan Agmon, In, Joseph Schillinger, Kend, My Musical Life, Octatonic, Persian, Richard Taruskin, Western, While Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Zar
related to Jazz · 13
Octatonic scale → Both, Edim7, Examples, Freedom Jazz Dance, Herbie Hancock's, Jaco Pastorius, Maya, Miles Smiles, Opus Pocus, Pastorius, The, The Dance, The John McLaughlin
related to Alpha chord · 5
Octatonic scale → Ernő Lendvai's, Fibonacci, Forte, One, The
related to Petrushka chord · 5
Octatonic scale → Igor Stravinsky's, In, Petrushka, The, The Petrushka
related to Construction · 4
Octatonic scale → Because, Each, The, These
related to Hungarian major and Romanian major · 2
Octatonic scale → Romanian, The Hungarian

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triadsinstance ofallows familiar harmonic and linear configurations0.80text
modal tetrachords to be juxtaposed unusually but within a rational frameworkinstance ofallows familiar harmonic and linear configurations0.80text
Petrushkainstance ofparticularly in his Russian-period works0.80text
the Canticum Sacruminstance ofand even in some of the later serial compositions0.80text
that by Dream Theaterinstance ofThe scale is used in progressive heavy metal music0.80text
Opethinstance ofThe scale is used in progressive heavy metal music0.80text
both of which strive for a dissonantinstance ofThe scale is used in progressive heavy metal music0.80text
tonally ambiguous sound in their musicinstance ofThe scale is used in progressive heavy metal music0.80text
Octatonic scalerelated to 19th centuryIn0.60section
Octatonic scalerelated to 19th centuryBeethoven0.60section
Octatonic scalerelated to 19th centuryPiano Sonata No0.60section
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