12EDO 8-Tone Blues Mode (8-26: scale steps 1-2-2-1-2-1-1-2):

I saw a couple of posts regarding Messiaen and
the 12EDO "octatonic" scale (scale steps 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2
or 2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1) and wanted to point out that
in my 12EDO alternative subscale explorations the
most significant subscale I've found is the 8-tone
blues mode (pitch class set 8-26: scale steps
1-2-2-1-2-1-1-2).

I did a subscale sort of that scale and fully
49% of all 3,4,5,6, and 7-tone structurally distinct
12EDO subscales are also subscales of that single
8-tone subscale, which makes it the most primordial
12EDO subscale that I know of.

Re the octatonic 12EDO subscale, the most obvious
pop/rock musical example is the Rolling Stones song "Paint It
Black".

Bill Flavell

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Flavell" <bill_flavell@e...>
wrote:
>
>
> I saw a couple of posts regarding Messiaen and
> the 12EDO "octatonic" scale (scale steps 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2
> or 2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1) and wanted to point out that
> in my 12EDO alternative subscale explorations the
> most significant subscale I've found is the 8-tone
> blues mode (pitch class set 8-26: scale steps
> 1-2-2-1-2-1-1-2).
>
> I did a subscale sort of that scale and fully
> 49% of all 3,4,5,6, and 7-tone structurally distinct
> 12EDO subscales are also subscales of that single
> 8-tone subscale, which makes it the most primordial
> 12EDO subscale that I know of.
>
> Re the octatonic 12EDO subscale, the most obvious
> pop/rock musical example is the Rolling Stones song "Paint It
> Black".
>
>
> Bill Flavell

"Paint It Black" is diatonic, in minor, and uses all 9 notes of the
combined "ascending melodic minor" and "descending melodic minor".
I've performed it a few times.