Compositions using the octatonic scale:

Radiohead "Just" (1995). Jonny Greenwood plays a series of OCT02 scales on the guitar during the intro (0:06-0:16) and each chorus (0:55-1:05, 1:44-1:55, 2:47-3:09)Victoria Malawey, “Ear Training with the Music of Radiohead.” Indiana Theory Review, vol. 30, no. 2, 2012, pp. 27–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24045402.

Béla Bartók Harvest Song (Ara táskor) Violin Duo # 33 Frederic Chopin

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 : (bars 130-132) Etude in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9: (bars 28-30)

Charles Ives The Unanswered Question (solo trumpet part)

Julian Cochran Piano Sonata No. 1 (1st mov.) Stephen Pleskun, A Chronology History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions - Vol. 4 1999-2013 (Publisher Xlibris Corporation, 2014, , 9781493135370) Fire Dance Animation Suite, Tin Sentinel Animation Suite, Clockwork Doll Trio for violin, oboe and piano, Artemis (2nd mov.) Prelude No. 9 Robert Bremner Publishing (July 15, 2015). "Public extract of Prelude No. 9", robertbremner.com. Mazurka No. 1

Madeleine Dring Lilliburlero Variations for Two PianosMaurice Hinson, Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide (Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press 1983, 2001; )

Prince Edmond de Polignac Échos de l'Orient judaïque (1879)Kahan, Sylvia (2009). In Search of New Scales, p.105&115. . "Chant à la lune", incidental music to Salammbô (1886)Kahan (2009), p.58.

Joseph Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5van der Merwe, Peter (2004). Roots of the Classical, p.228. .

The Human Abstract "Digital Veil" (2011)Karan, Tim (May 3, 2011). "Track By Track: The Human Abstract", AltPress.com.

King Crimson "Red" (1974).Keeling, Andrew (2007). King Crimson: Red: An Analysis by Andrew Keeling.

Nirvana "Oh, the Guilt" (1993) (verses) "Blandest" (1988) (verses)

Procol Harum "Whaling Stories" on Procol Harum – Live In New York (April 1971) Zoltán Kodály Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Mov. II (1910)Antokoletz, Elliott (1984). The Music of Béla Bartók, p.12. .

Sergei Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 2

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko (1867)Antokoletz (1984), p.10.Kahan (2009), p.1.

Arnold Schoenberg Piano Piece, Op. 23, no. 3 (1923)Schuijer, Michiel (2008). Analyzing Atonal Music, p.13. .

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8, 1st mvt., bars 13-20 Piano Sonata in C major, D 840 (Schubert), 1st mvt bars 33-39 Alexander Scriabin Prelude Op. 74, No. 3 (1914) Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (1912-13), melody from bar 5 onwards

Juan Maria Solare Octango (2005) Transfuga

Igor Stravinsky Petroushka (1911)Chemistruck, Daniel (2006). Imposing Harmonic Restrictions on Symmetrical Scales, p.8. The Rite of Spring (1913) Les Noces (1923)Van Den Toorn, Pieter C. and McGinness, John (2012). Stravinsky and the Russian Period, p.43. . Symphony of Psalms (1930) Agon, "Pas de deux" (1957)

Kenneth Leighton Magnificat from the Second Service, Op. 62 (1972)

Toru Takemitsu Distance de Fée, SJ1050 (1951)

Die Antwoord Fok julle Naaiers (2011). Piano line in the intro is octatonic, bass synth adds a ninth tone.

Adi Morag "Octabones" (1999) Orbital Oolaa from the Green Album

Suraj Synthesist Khayaal , a lil fantasy

Gilad Hochman Closer for two alto saxophones (2022) Polarizations for solo viola (2023) Dream Theater The Dark eternal night

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