Messiaen Mode 3 - The Tcherepnin Scale

Modes

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

1. 1 C Messiaen Mode 3 - The Tcherepnin Scale 1 - 2 - b3 - 3 - #4 - 5 - b6 - b7 - 7
2. 2 D Rotation 2 1 - b2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - #4 - #5 - 6 - b7
3. 3 Eb Rotation 3 1 - b2 - b3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - 6 - 7
4. 5 F# Rotation 5 1 - b2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - #4 - #5 - 6 - b7
5. 6 G Rotation 6 1 - b2 - b3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - 6 - 7
6. 8 Bb Rotation 8 1 - b2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - #4 - #5 - 6 - b7
7. 9 B Rotation 9 1 - b2 - b3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - 6 - 7

Degrees 4, 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.