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Circle 1755

Octatonic — diminished scale

C0G1DA3E4BG♭6D♭7A♭E♭9B♭10F
Drawn with C as tonic at position 0, the proposed reading. Major and minor triads shown inside.
1C01G10·21A31E40·51G♭61D♭70·81E♭91B♭10
Binary
11011011011
Chain
With gaps
Prime form
(0134679t)
Interval vector
⟨448444⟩
Transpositions
3 (symmetric)
Mirror
Its own inversion
Triads
C Cm E♭ E♭m G♭ G♭m A Am
Sevenths
C7 Cm7 Cm7♭5 Cdim7 D♭dim7 E♭7 E♭m7 E♭m7♭5 E♭dim7 Edim7 G♭7 G♭m7 G♭m7♭5 G♭dim7 Gdim7 A7 Am7 Am7♭5 Adim7 B♭dim7

Songs in this circle

No documented song field in this circle yet. Matching is exact under transposition, regardless of the tonic.

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Positions of the tonic

This chain has gaps or is not seven notes long: positions have no mode names. We speak of positions, and nothing else. Each row keeps C as tonic and moves the other notes around it.

PositionNameNotes from C, in fifths
0—C · G · A · E · G♭ · D♭ · E♭ · B♭Play
1—F · C · D · A · B · G♭ · A♭ · E♭Play
3—E♭ · B♭ · C · G · A · E · G♭ · D♭Play
4—A♭ · E♭ · F · C · D · A · B · G♭Play
6—G♭ · D♭ · E♭ · B♭ · C · G · A · EPlay
7—B · G♭ · A♭ · E♭ · F · C · D · APlay
9—A · E · G♭ · D♭ · E♭ · B♭ · C · GPlay
10—D · A · B · G♭ · A♭ · E♭ · F · CPlay

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