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Scale Name Tradition: Messiaen

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.

195Messiaen Mode 5 Truncation 1
195Messiaen Truncated Mode 5
195Messiaen Mode 2-4
195Messiaen 5th Mode Truncated
325Messiaen Truncated Mode 6
325T6 Prime Mode
325Messiaen Trunc. Mode 6
325Messiaen 6th Mode Truncated
455Messiaen 5th Groves
455Messiaen Mode 5
455Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 2
715Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 2 Rotation 2
715T4 Prime Mode
715Messiaen Truncated 2
715Messiaen Truncated Mode 2
715Messiaen 2nd Mode Truncated
819Messiaen 3rd Mode Truncated
819T2 Prime Mode
819Messiaen Mode 3 Truncated
819Messiaen Truncated Mode 3
845Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 1 Rotation 1
845T5 Prime Mode
975Messiaen Mode 4 Rotation 3
975Messiaen Mode 4-2
975Messiaen Mode 4
1105Messiaen Truncated Mode 6 Inverse
1105T6 First Rotation
1105Messiaen 6th Mode Truncated Inversed
1235Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 1 Rotation 2
1235T5 First Rotation
1235Messiaen Truncated Mode 2
1365Messiaen Mode 1
1365Messiaen 1st Mode
1365First Mode Of Limited Transposition
1495Messiaen Mode 6 Rotation 2
1495Messiaen Mode 6-2
1495Messiaen Mode 6 Inverse
1495Messiaen Mode 6
1495Messiaen 6th Mode Inverse
1625Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 2 Rotation 1
1625T4 Second Rotation
1755Messiaen Mode 2
1755Second Mode Of Limited Transposition
1755Messiaen 2nd Mode
1885Messiaen Mode 6 Rotation 1
1911Messiaen Mode 3 Rotation 1
1911Messiaen Mode 3 Inverse
1911Messiaen Mode 3
2015Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 4
2015Messiaen Mode 7-2
2015Messiaen Mode 7
2145Messiaen Truncated Mode 5 Inverse
2145Messiaen Mode 5 Truncation 2
2145Messiaen Mode 2-1
2145Messiaen 5th Mode Truncated Inversed
2275Messiaen 5th Mode
2275Messiaen Mode 5
2275Fifth Mode Of Limited Transposition
2405Messiaen Mode 2-3
2405T4 First Rotation
2405Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 2
2457Messiaen Truncated Mode 3 Inverse
2457Messiaen Mode 3 Truncated Inverse
2457T2 First Rotation
2457Messiaen Mode 3 Truncated Rotation 1
2457Messiaen Truncated 3rd Mode Inv.
2535Messiaen Mode 4
2535Fourth Mode Of Limited Transposition
2535Messiaen Mode 4-1
2535Messiaen 4th Mode
2665Messiaen Mode 2 Truncation 1
2665Messiaen Mode 2-2
2665T5 Second Rotation
2795Messiaen Mode 6 Rotation 3
2795Messiaen 3 Brown
2925Messiaen 2nd Mode Inversed
2925Messiaen Mode 2 Rotation 1
2925Messiaen Mode 2 Inverse
2925Messiaen 2nd Mode Inverse
2925Messiaen 2 Groves
3003Messiaen Mode 3 Rotation 2
3003Messiaen 3rd Mode Inverse
3055Messiaen Mode 7-1
3055Messiaen Mode 7
3055Seventh Mode Of Limited Transposition
3055Messiaen 7th Mode
3185Messiaen Mode 5 Inverse
3185Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 1
3185Messiaen Mode 5 Inv
3185Messiaen 5th Mode Inverse
3315Messiaen Mode 4 Rotation 1
3315Messiaen Mode 4 Inverse
3437Messiaen 2 Brown
3445Messiaen Mode 6 Inv.
3445Messiaen Mode 6
3445Sixth Mode Of Limited Transposition
3445Messiaen Mode 6 Inverse
3445Messiaen 6th Mode
3549Messiaen 3rd Mode Inversed
3549Messiaen Mode 3 Inv.
3549Messiaen Mode 3 Inverse
3549Messiaen Mode 3
3549Third Mode Of Limited Transposition
3549Messiaen 3rd Mode
3575Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 1
3705Messiaen Mode 4 Rotation 2
3705Messiaen Mode 4 Inv.
3705Messiaen Mode 4 Inverse
3705Messiaen 4th Mode Inverse
3835Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 2
3835Messiaen Mode 7 Inverse
3965Messiaen 7th Mode Inversed
3965Messiaen Mode 7 Rotation 3
3965Messiaen Mode 7 Inv.
3965Messiaen Mode 7 Inverse
3965Messiaen 7th Mode Inverse