Messiaen Mode 4: Olivier Messiaen's Seven Modes of Limited Transposition (Scale 4 of 7)

Scale 4 of 7Olivier Messiaen's Seven Modes of Limited Transposition

Mode label: M4 1 - b2 - 2 - 4 - #4 - 5 - b6 - 7

Structure: H - H - m3 - H - H - H - m3 - H

Transpositions: 6

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

Degree 5 is omitted: its rotation is identical in pitch-class content to the scale itself (a mode of limited transposition), not a distinct new mode.

Jam this scale over these. They open on the track page.

Nelson on practicing M4 and M6

Triads

Csus2C, D, G Csus4C, F, G DbDb, F, Ab Dbsus4Db, Gb, Ab DdimD, F, Ab FmF, Ab, C FdimF, Ab, B Fsus2F, G, C Gbsus2Gb, Ab, Db Gbsus4Gb, B, Db GG, B, D Gsus4G, C, D AbdimAb, B, D BmB, D, F# BdimB, D, F Bsus2B, C#, F#

Seventh chords

Cmaj7sus4C, F, G, B Dbmaj7Db, F, Ab, C Db7Db, F, Ab, B Db7b5Db, F, G, B Dbmaj7b5Db, F, G, C Db7sus4Db, Gb, Ab, B Dbmaj7sus4Db, Gb, Ab, C Dm7b5D, F, Ab, C Ddim7D, F, Ab, B D7b5D, F#, Ab, C Dmaj7b5D, F#, Ab, C# Fdim7F, Ab, B, D Fm6F, Ab, C, D Gbmaj7sus4Gb, B, Db, F Gmaj7G, B, D, F# G7G, B, D, F G7b5G, B, Db, F Gmaj7b5G, B, Db, F#

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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