Messiaen Mode 2 - The Dominant Diminished Scale

Olivier Messiaen's Seven Modes of Limited Transposition · Scale 2 of 7

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No 2 Messiaen Mode 2 - The Dominant Diminished Scale

Mode label: M2 1 - b2 - b3 - 3 - #4 - 5 - 6 - b7

C Dominant Diminished (Messiaen M2) scale, full-neck fretboard diagram, Fretly rendering

Structure: H - W - H - W - H - W - H - W

Transpositions: 3

Modes

A mode is this same set of notes heard from a different starting note. Pick one to see it on the circle.

Degrees 3, 5, 7 are omitted: their rotations are identical in pitch-class content to the scale itself (a mode of limited transposition), not a distinct new mode.

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Backing tracks

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C Dominant Diminished (Messiaen M2) scale circle diagram, Fretly rendering

Triads

CC, E, G CmC, Eb, G CdimC, Eb, Gb DbdimDb, E, G EbEb, G, Bb EbmEb, Gb, Bb EbdimEb, Gb, A EdimE, G, Bb GbGb, Bb, Db GbmGb, A, Db GbdimGb, A, C GdimG, Bb, Db AA, C#, E AmA, C, E AdimA, C, Eb BbdimBb, Db, E

Seventh chords

C7C, E, G, Bb Cm7C, Eb, G, Bb Cm7b5C, Eb, Gb, Bb Cdim7C, Eb, Gb, A C7b5C, E, Gb, Bb C6C, E, G, A Cm6C, Eb, G, A Dbdim7Db, E, G, Bb Eb7Eb, G, Bb, Db Ebm7Eb, Gb, Bb, Db Ebm7b5Eb, Gb, A, Db Ebdim7Eb, Gb, A, C Eb7b5Eb, G, A, Db Eb6Eb, G, Bb, C Ebm6Eb, Gb, Bb, C Edim7E, G, Bb, Db Gb7Gb, Bb, Db, E Gbm7Gb, A, Db, E

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This scale holds many more chords than these, with extensions, inversions and every voicing on the neck. Find them all in Fretly

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