Octatonic cycle

1. What are the three octatonic scales?
2. What does octatonic mean in music?
3. What intervals are used in an octatonic scale?

What are the three octatonic scales?

The octatonic is a mode of (very) limited transposition, and there are three possible scales: Oct 0,2; Oct 0,1; and Oct 1,2. The numbers of the names indicate all that is needed to identify a particular octatonic scale: two consecutive notes within the scale.

What does octatonic mean in music?

: relating to or employing an eight-note scale made up of alternating semitones and whole tones … a French sixth chord, which contains two tritones, acts as a nexus between the whole-tone scale, which contains three, and the octatonic scale, which contains four.—

What intervals are used in an octatonic scale?

The octatonic or diminished scale is an eight note scale in which the intervals alternate between whole and half steps. This scale is sometimes used in jazz. Similarly to the whole tone scale, octatonic scales don't imply a particular central pitch.