# List of pieces which use the octatonic scale

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)
       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.)
       Fire Dance
       Animation Suite, Tin Sentinel
       Animation Suite, Clockwork Doll
       Trio for violin, oboe and piano, Artemis (2nd mov.)
       Prelude No. 9
       Mazurka No. 1
       Lilliburlero Variations for Two Pianos
       Échos de l'Orient judaïque (1879)
       "Chant à la lune", incidental music to Salammbô (1886)
       String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
       "Digital Veil" (2011)
       "Oh, the Guilt" (1993) (verses)
       "Blandest" (1988) (verses)
* Procol Harum
    "Whaling Stories" on Procol Harum – Live In New York (April 1971)
* Zoltán Kodály
       Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Mov. II (1910)
       Trio élégiaque No. 2
       Sadko (1867)
       Piano Piece, Op. 23, no. 3 (1923)
       Symphony No. 8, 1st mvt., bars 13-20
       Piano Sonata in C major, D 840 (Schubert), 1st mvt bars 33-39
       Prelude Op. 74, No. 3 (1914)
       Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (1912-13), melody from bar 5 onwards
       Octango (2005)
       Transfuga
       Petroushka (1911)
       The Rite of Spring (1913)
       Les Noces (1923)
       Symphony of Psalms (1930)
       Agon, "Pas de deux" (1957)
       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
       Closer for two alto saxophones (2022)
       Polarizations for solo viola (2023)
   * Dream Theater
          The Dark eternal night

## Sources

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* 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)
* ↑ Robert Bremner Publishing (July 15, 2015). "Public extract of Prelude No. 9", robertbremner.com.
* ↑ Maurice Hinson, Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide (Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press 1983, 2001; ISBN 0-253-21457-2)
* ↑ Kahan, Sylvia (2009). In Search of New Scales, p.105&115. ISBN 9781580463058.
* ↑ Kahan (2009), p.58.
* 1 2 van der Merwe, Peter (2004). Roots of the Classical, p.228. ISBN 9780198166474.
* ↑ Karan, Tim (May 3, 2011). "Track By Track: The Human Abstract", AltPress.com.
* ↑ Keeling, Andrew (2007). King Crimson: Red: An Analysis by Andrew Keeling.
* ↑ Antokoletz, Elliott (1984). The Music of Béla Bartók, p.12. ISBN 9780520067479.
* 1 2 Antokoletz (1984), p.10.
* 1 2 3 4 Kahan (2009), p.1.
* 1 2 Schuijer, Michiel (2008). Analyzing Atonal Music, p.13. ISBN 9781580462709.
* 1 2 3 Chemistruck, Daniel (2006). Imposing Harmonic Restrictions on Symmetrical Scales, p.8.
* ↑ Van Den Toorn, Pieter C. and McGinness, John (2012). Stravinsky and the Russian Period, p.43. ISBN 9781107021006.
* ↑ Shetty, Suraj. Khayaal, a lil fantasy: Full score : Band/Trio & Solo.
* ↑ "Khayaal, a lil fantasy: Full score : Band/Trio & Solo Sheet Music | Suraj Synthesist | Jazz Ensemble". www.sheetmusicdirect.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
* ↑ The Dark Eternal Night Authentic Guitar TAB. Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7390-4936-5.