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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:04:01 -0500
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Virginia Knight asks:

>>Also known as the octotonic scale.  Stravinsky used it too.
>
>A choir I used to sing with would sometimes warm up by singing this
>scale.  Did Stravinsky use it in any choral works?  I'd love to be
>able to put my knowledge of it to practical use.

I don't know, but I'd bet the place to find out would be Taruskin's study.

Steve Schwartz

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