Editing Octatonic scale (section)

===Jazz===
Both the half-whole diminished and its partner mode, the whole-half diminished (with a tone rather than a semitone beginning the pattern) are commonly used in jazz improvisation, frequently under different names. The whole-half diminished scale is commonly used in conjunction with diminished harmony (e.g., the E<sup>dim7</sup> chord) while the half-whole scale is used in dominant harmony (e.g., with an F<sup>{{music|13}}{{music|flat}}9</sup> chord).

Examples of octatonic jazz include Jaco Pastorius' composition "Opus Pocus"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybUd-GaUC4 "Opus Pocus"]</ref> from the album ''[[Jaco Pastorius (album)|Pastorius]]''{{sfn|Pastorius|1976}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2019|reason=No mention of scales of any sort on this website.}} and [[Herbie Hancock]]'s piano solo on "Freedom Jazz Dance"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdMVVIXzxr4&t=4m50s Piano solo] on "Freedom Jazz Dance"</ref><ref>Tymoczko, D. (2017, bars 18-21, right hand part) Transcription of Piano solo from “Freedom Jazz dance” https://dmitri.mycpanel.princeton.edu/transcriptions.html accessed 24/11/2021.</ref> from the album ''[[Miles Smiles]]'' (1967). The [[John McLaughlin (musician)]] composition "The Dance of Maya" is structured around modes of the octatonic scale <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV64F4jJsE4 Octatonic Basis of The Dance of Maya</ref>