The Modes of Limited Transposition:

Mode II (The Octatonic Scale)

9ths - 2 part

& w bw nw w bw
bw bw nw
? w bw nw w bw
{
2
bw

2nds - 2 part
bw nw &

& bw bw nw w bw w
bw nw

{
& w
3
bw
2nds - 3 part
bw nw bw nw w bw

bww bww bww

& bbww #nww n#ww #nww ww

{
& w
4
#w
2nds - 4 part
#w w #w w w bw

bww bww bww bbww

& bbww n#ww #nww nnww

{
& nb ww
5
## ww
2nds - 5 part
#nww #ww #nww ww bww bnww

& bbbw n#nw ww bnww

nnbw w bbww
w w bbbww
bbww w
ww #nnw
ww ww

{
& nb ww
6
## ww
3rds - 2 part
#nww #ww #nww ww bww bnww

w bw w bw
& bw nw bw nw

{
&nw
#w bw nw #w w w bw
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7 3rds - 3 part
nw bbw bw
w bbw
w
& bbw
w nnw
w bnww nbw
w w w

{
& nw
Cdim
#w
C#dim
bw
Ebdim
nw
Edim
#w
F#dim
w
Gdim
w
Adim
bw
Bbdim

8 3rds - 4 part
bbw nbw bbw
w bbw
w nw
w
& bnww nbw
w nnw
w w w

bbw
{
& nbw
w
Cdim
#n w
w
C#dim
bbw
w
Ebdim
nnw
w
Edim
#w
w
F#dim
bw
w
Gdim
nw
w
Adim
w
Bbdim

9 4ths - 2 part
nw #w bw
& nw bw w w #w

{
& nw bw bw nw #w nw w bw

10 4ths - 3 part
nw #w bbw nnw
w ##w
w bnw
w
& nnw
w bbw
w w w w

{
& w
Am
bw
Gb
bw
Cm
nw
A
bw
Ebm
nw
C
w
F#m
bw
Eb

11 4ths - 4 part nw
bbw nnw ##w bw
w nw
w ##w
w w
& bw
w w w w

{ bbw nw n#w bbw

w
& w
w bbw
w bnw
w nw
w w w w
A/Am Ebm/Gb Cm/C A/F#m Eb/Ebm Am/C F#/F#m Cm/Eb

12 4ths - 5 part
n nw # #w nw #n w bbb w
w nnn w
w
bw bbnw
w nw #w bw
w nw
w w w
& nw
b w w w w

{ bbw nnw n#w bbw

w ?
& nn w
w bbw
w bnw
w nnw
w w w w
F#m/Am Eb/Gb Am/Cm F#/A Cm/Ebm A/C Ebm/F#m C/Eb
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13 4ths - 6 part
bw nnnw ##w bbnw
w nnw
w
& bbbw
w
w nbnw
w
w nn#w
w
w bw
w w
w w
w w w

n nw # nw bb w nn w ## w bbn w
w
? nnw bbbw nw bw nw nw
w w
{
14
w
w
Gb/Am
w
w
Cm/Gb
bww
A/Cm
w
Ebm/A
w
C/Ebm
w
F#m/C Eb/F#m Am/Eb
&

6ths - 2 part
bw w bw bw nw
& bw nw w

{
& nw
#w #w nw #w w w #w &

15 6ths - 2 parts
#w w bw
& w w bw w #w

{
& nw
#w bw nw #w w nw bw

bb w
16 6ths - 3 part bbw nw
bw w
nnw
bw w
nnw bw w #w w nw
& nw w
?
{
& nw
Cm
#w
A
bw
Ebm
nw
C
#w
F#m
w
Eb
w
Am
bw
Gb
17 6ths - 4 part
bw nw bw nw nw
& bbw
w
nw
nw bbw
w nw w bw w #w
nw ##w bw nw #w
? nw w bbw w w w #w
{ w
Cm7
#w
Am/A
w
Ebm7
w
Cm/C F#m7 Ebm/Eb Am7 F#m/F#
bw
18
bw
6ths - 5 part
nw bbw nw bb w nn w
w
nnw w nw w nnw
w
##w
& bw
b nw w bw w #w
w nw w
nw ##w bw nw #w
? nw nw bbw w w w #w
{ w
Ebm/Cm
#w
C/A
w
F#m/Ebm
w
Eb/C Am/F#m Gb/Eb Cm/A A/F#
&
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19 7ths - 2 part
#w nw #w w
& w #w nw #w

{
& nw
#w bw nw #w w nw bw &

20 7ths: 3 part nw #w #w w
#w w nw #w w #w w
nw #w #w
& w
n #w

?
{
& nw
Cdim
#w
C#dim
bw
Ebdim
nw
Edim
#w
F#dim
w
Gdim
w
Adim
bw
Bbdim

21 7ths - 4 part bw nw #w
w #w w nw w
& ##w nw #w nw #w w
w w
#w nw #w w
? nw #w nw #w #w w nw bw ?
{ w
Cdim
#w
C#dim
bw
Ebdim
nw
Edim F#dim Gdim Adim Bbdim

22 8ths - 2 part
w #w w w
nw bw #w
& bw
#w w nw bw
bw bw nw
? nw ?
{
23 8ths - 3 part
#w w #w w
& w bw w #w w w
w bw #w w #w
bw
? w #w w w bw ?
{ #w bw nw

24 8ths - 4 part nw #w #w w #w
w w bw #w w
bw nw bw #w w
& w
nw #w w w
nw bw #w
? bnw #w w w bw
{ w bw bw nw
 5
25 8ths - 5 part bw nw #w #w w
#w w w w w
w bw nw #w #w
& w bw #w w #w w
w bw nw
? bw #w w w
{ w
w
bw
8ths - 6 part
bw
bw
#w
nw
nw
#w w
nw
w
#w
bw
#w
#w w w bw
26w bw nw #w #w w
#w w w w w
w bw nw #w #w
& w
#w nw #w w
bw w #w
? bw #w w w
{ w
w
w
bw
bw
bw
#w
nw
nw
#w w w bw &

27 Different Combinations: 5,4,4 - 4 part nw

nw ##w n# w
w
bw nw
w bbw
w bnw
w w w w
&b w

{
& nbw bw bbw #nw n#w nbw
w bnw
w ?
w bnw
w w w w w
C1/2dim7 Cb.b9 Eb1/2dim7 Eb.b9 F#1/2dim7 F#.b9 A1/2dim7 A.b9

28 Different Combinations: 8,4,4,4 - 5 part nn w

bbnw w # #w bw
& nn#w
w bbbw
w
w
nw
nw
w #n#w
w
w
w
w nnw
w #ww w
w
nw #w w w
nw bw #w
? bnw #w nw nw bw
{ w bw bw nw

29 Different Combinations: 6,4,4,4 - 5 part

bbnw n nw
& bbbw
w nw nn#w
w bbbw
w nw
w #n#w
w
w
w
w nww
w bww w w w
nw ##w bw nnw bw
bbw
? w w w w w bw
{ w #w w nw

30 Different Combinations: 6,7,2,4,4 - 6 part nw #w

n nw bb w
bw nnw
w #n#ww bbnw
w nww bw
w bw
w nw
w
& bw
b w w w w
nw #w nw w
w b bw nw
? nnw bw
{ w #w w nw & #w
## w
w
nw
bw
w
#w
nn w
w
bw
bw