octatonic
adjective
oc·ta·ton·ic
ˌäk-tə-ˈtä-nik 
variants
or less commonly octotonic
: relating to or employing an eight-note scale made up of alternating semitones and whole tones
… a French sixth chord, which contains two tritones, acts as a nexus between the whole-tone scale, which contains three, and the octatonic scale, which contains four.—
Richard Taruskin, Music in the Early Twentieth Century, 2009
see scale
Richard Taruskin, Music in the Early Twentieth Century, 2009Dictionary Entries Near octatonic
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“Octatonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octatonic. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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