List of pieces which use the octatonic scale

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Compositions using the octatonic scale:

"Just" (1995). Jonny Greenwood plays a series of OCT02 scales on the guitar during the intro (0:06-0:16) and each chorus (0:55-1:05, 1:44-1:55, 2:47-3:09) [1]
Harvest Song (Ara táskor) Violin Duo # 33
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 : (bars 130-132)
Etude in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9: (bars 28-30)
The Unanswered Question (solo trumpet part)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1st mov.) [2] [ self-published source ]
Fire Dance [2]
Animation Suite, Tin Sentinel [2]
Animation Suite, Clockwork Doll [2]
Trio for violin, oboe and piano, Artemis (2nd mov.) [2]
Prelude No. 9 [2] [3]
Mazurka No. 1 [2]
Lilliburlero Variations for Two Pianos [4]
Échos de l'Orient judaïque (1879) [5]
"Chant à la lune", incidental music to Salammbô (1886) [6]
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 [7]
"Digital Veil" (2011) [8]
"Oh, the Guilt" (1993) (verses)
"Blandest" (1988) (verses)
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano , Mov. II (1910) [10]
Trio élégiaque No. 2
Sadko (1867) [11] [12]
Piano Piece, Op. 23, no. 3 (1923) [13]
Symphony No. 8 , 1st mvt., bars 13-20 [7]
Piano Sonata in C major, D 840 (Schubert), 1st mvt bars 33-39
Prelude Op. 74, No. 3 (1914) [11]
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (1912-13), melody from bar 5 onwards
Octango (2005)
Transfuga
Petroushka (1911) [12] [14]
The Rite of Spring (1913) [12] [14]
Les Noces (1923) [12] [15]
Symphony of Psalms (1930) [14]
Agon , "Pas de deux" (1957) [13]
Magnificat from the Second Service, Op. 62 (1972)
Distance de Fée, SJ1050 (1951)
Fok julle Naaiers (2011). Piano line in the intro is octatonic, bass synth adds a ninth tone.
"Octabones" (1999)
Oolaa from the Green Album

Sources

  1. ↑ Victoria Malawey, “Ear Training with the Music of Radiohead.” Indiana Theory Review, vol. 30, no. 2, 2012, pp. 27–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24045402.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stephen Pleskun, A Chronology History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions - Vol. 4 1999-2013 (Publisher Xlibris Corporation, 2014, ISBN   1493135376, 9781493135370)
  3. ↑ Robert Bremner Publishing (July 15, 2015). "Public extract of Prelude No. 9", robertbremner.com.
  4. ↑ Maurice Hinson, Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide (Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press 1983, 2001; ISBN   0-253-21457-2)
  5. ↑ Kahan, Sylvia (2009). In Search of New Scales, p.105&115. ISBN   9781580463058.
  6. ↑ Kahan (2009), p.58.
  7. 1 2 van der Merwe, Peter (2004). Roots of the Classical, p.228. ISBN   9780198166474.
  8. ↑ Karan, Tim (May 3, 2011). "Track By Track: The Human Abstract", AltPress.com.
  9. ↑ Keeling, Andrew (2007). King Crimson: Red: An Analysis by Andrew Keeling.
  10. ↑ Antokoletz, Elliott (1984). The Music of Béla Bartók, p.12. ISBN   9780520067479.
  11. 1 2 Antokoletz (1984), p.10.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Kahan (2009), p.1.
  13. 1 2 Schuijer, Michiel (2008). Analyzing Atonal Music, p.13. ISBN   9781580462709.
  14. 1 2 3 Chemistruck, Daniel (2006). Imposing Harmonic Restrictions on Symmetrical Scales , p.8.
  15. ↑ Van Den Toorn, Pieter C. and McGinness, John (2012). Stravinsky and the Russian Period, p.43. ISBN   9781107021006.
  16. ↑ Shetty, Suraj. Khayaal, a lil fantasy: Full score : Band/Trio & Solo.
  17. ↑ "Khayaal, a lil fantasy: Full score : Band/Trio & Solo Sheet Music | Suraj Synthesist | Jazz Ensemble". www.sheetmusicdirect.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.

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