Octatonic Scale

by Jay Skyler

Octatonic Scale:

Octa= 8 and Tonic= Comprised of Tones or Notes. When we say a scale is an octatonic scale, on guitar or any other instrument, we are simply saying the scale has eight, and only eight different notes.

Examples of octatonic scales are Bebop Major, Bebop Minor (type 1 & 2) , Bebop Dominant, Bebop Half Diminished, Eight-Tone Spanish, Diminished Half/Whole, and Diminished Whole/Half.

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