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A set of names coined by Olivier Messiaen, popular among theorists who examine symmetrical scales.
Hey. These tradition pages are a big mess right now. If you look below you will see lots of chaos and duplication and misspellings. I'm working on a new organization scheme for scale names; when that's ready it will all look way better and everything will be accurate.
TL;DR Please ignore this page. Or, peruse it at your own peril.
195 | Messiaen Mode 5 Truncation 1 | ||
195 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 5 | ||
195 | Messiaen Mode 2-4 | ||
195 | Messiaen 5th Mode Truncated | ||
325 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 6 | ||
325 | T6 Prime Mode | ||
325 | Messiaen Trunc. Mode 6 | ||
325 | Messiaen 6th Mode Truncated | ||
455 | Messiaen 5th Groves | ||
455 | Messiaen Mode 5 | ||
455 | Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 2 | ||
715 | Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 2 Rotation 2 | ||
715 | T4 Prime Mode | ||
715 | Messiaen Truncated 2 | ||
715 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 2 | ||
715 | Messiaen 2nd Mode Truncated | ||
819 | Messiaen 3rd Mode Truncated | ||
819 | T2 Prime Mode | ||
819 | Messiaen Mode 3 Truncated | ||
819 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 3 | ||
845 | Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 1 Rotation 1 | ||
845 | T5 Prime Mode | ||
975 | Messiaen Mode 4 Rotation 3 | ||
975 | Messiaen Mode 4-2 | ||
975 | Messiaen Mode 4 | ||
1105 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 6 Inverse | ||
1105 | T6 First Rotation | ||
1105 | Messiaen 6th Mode Truncated Inversed | ||
1235 | Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 1 Rotation 2 | ||
1235 | T5 First Rotation | ||
1235 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 2 | ||
1365 | Messiaen Mode 1 | ||
1365 | Messiaen 1st Mode | ||
1365 | First Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
1495 | Messiaen Mode 6 Rotation 2 | ||
1495 | Messiaen Mode 6-2 | ||
1495 | Messiaen Mode 6 Inverse | ||
1495 | Messiaen Mode 6 | ||
1495 | Messiaen 6th Mode Inverse | ||
1625 | Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 2 Rotation 1 | ||
1625 | T4 Second Rotation | ||
1755 | Messiaen Mode 2 | ||
1755 | Second Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
1755 | Messiaen 2nd Mode | ||
1885 | Messiaen Mode 6 Rotation 1 | ||
1911 | Messiaen Mode 3 Rotation 1 | ||
1911 | Messiaen Mode 3 Inverse | ||
1911 | Messiaen Mode 3 | ||
2015 | Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 4 | ||
2015 | Messiaen Mode 7-2 | ||
2015 | Messiaen Mode 7 | ||
2145 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 5 Inverse | ||
2145 | Messiaen Mode 5 Truncation 2 | ||
2145 | Messiaen Mode 2-1 | ||
2145 | Messiaen 5th Mode Truncated Inversed | ||
2275 | Messiaen 5th Mode | ||
2275 | Messiaen Mode 5 | ||
2275 | Fifth Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
2405 | Messiaen Mode 2-3 | ||
2405 | T4 First Rotation | ||
2405 | Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 2 | ||
2457 | Messiaen Truncated Mode 3 Inverse | ||
2457 | Messiaen Mode 3 Truncated Inverse | ||
2457 | T2 First Rotation | ||
2457 | Messiaen Mode 3 Truncated Rotation 1 | ||
2457 | Messiaen Truncated 3rd Mode Inv. | ||
2535 | Messiaen Mode 4 | ||
2535 | Fourth Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
2535 | Messiaen Mode 4-1 | ||
2535 | Messiaen 4th Mode | ||
2665 | Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 1 | ||
2665 | Messiaen Mode 2-2 | ||
2665 | T5 Second Rotation | ||
2795 | Messiaen Mode 6 Rotation 3 | ||
2795 | Messiaen 3 Brown | ||
2925 | Messiaen 2nd Mode Inversed | ||
2925 | Messiaen Mode 2 Rotation 1 | ||
2925 | Messiaen Mode 2 Inverse | ||
2925 | Messiaen 2nd Mode Inverse | ||
2925 | Messiaen 2 Groves | ||
3003 | Messiaen Mode 3 Rotation 2 | ||
3003 | Messiaen 3rd Mode Inverse | ||
3055 | Messiaen Mode 7-1 | ||
3055 | Messiaen Mode 7 | ||
3055 | Seventh Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
3055 | Messiaen 7th Mode | ||
3185 | Messiaen Mode 5 Inverse | ||
3185 | Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 1 | ||
3185 | Messiaen Mode 5 Inv | ||
3185 | Messiaen 5th Mode Inverse | ||
3315 | Messiaen Mode 4 Rotation 1 | ||
3315 | Messiaen Mode 4 Inverse | ||
3437 | Messiaen 2 Brown | ||
3445 | Messiaen Mode 6 Inv. | ||
3445 | Messiaen Mode 6 | ||
3445 | Sixth Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
3445 | Messiaen Mode 6 Inverse | ||
3445 | Messiaen 6th Mode | ||
3549 | Messiaen 3rd Mode Inversed | ||
3549 | Messiaen Mode 3 Inv. | ||
3549 | Messiaen Mode 3 Inverse | ||
3549 | Messiaen Mode 3 | ||
3549 | Third Mode Of Limited Transposition | ||
3549 | Messiaen 3rd Mode | ||
3575 | Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 1 | ||
3705 | Messiaen Mode 4 Rotation 2 | ||
3705 | Messiaen Mode 4 Inv. | ||
3705 | Messiaen Mode 4 Inverse | ||
3705 | Messiaen 4th Mode Inverse | ||
3835 | Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 2 | ||
3835 | Messiaen Mode 7 Inverse | ||
3965 | Messiaen 7th Mode Inversed | ||
3965 | Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 3 | ||
3965 | Messiaen Mode 7 Inv. | ||
3965 | Messiaen Mode 7 Inverse | ||
3965 | Messiaen 7th Mode Inverse |