b5, even though it is found in the altered scale, usually implies the whole tone scale. Here’s the Ab melodic minor scale in the 9th position: Since G altered is the same as Ab melodic minor I have listed the diatonic chords here below. And the altered scale is a really important scale to practice if you want to create a jazz sound when playing on these 7th chords. Jazz musicians love to play on dominant 7th chords. Sharps. A G♭ Altered scale consists of G♭, G, A, B♭, C, D and E notes. b13 usually implies the 5th mode of the melodic minor scale. The Altered Scale – Bass Practice Diary – 16th April 2019. b9b13 implies the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale (aka mixolydian b9 b13). The G altered scale is the same is an Abm melodic scale: If you play this scale in diatonic chords you’ll notice that it does not have a G7 as a diatonic chord on G, so we have to look a bit harder to find a G7 arpeggio at all, again something that is making it difficult for a lot of students. Find guitar scales using graphic interface. Adjust the "start fret" option to further highlight a finger pattern for playing the selected scale in a different position on the fretboard. What makes this line work musically is that it finishes on G in the next bar. So, whenever you see a dominant V7 chord to I written within a chord progression you can play an altered scale over the dominant chord. See diagrams at Standard Guitar. G is the fifth of C, a strong chord tone. The chord most closely associated with this scale is Gm7b5 . Notice that I chose to use the B instead of the Cb which of course is the actual 3rd in Ab melodic minor. Understand the tritone substitution relationship to the altered scale. The altered scale features 3 of the 4 chord tones of a dominant 7th chord (1, 3, and b7) plus all the extensions of the chord altered. So, the theory for the altered scale is 1, b9, 3rd, #9, #11, b13, and b7. The Altered Dominant Scale. Altered Scale in G is a minor scale with flat second, flat fourth and flat fifth intervals. G Altered Scale. Raise the 11th of Db7 (Raise the F# to G so the scale does not contain the major seventh of G7) making the chord Db7#11 and you’ve got the exact same notes as the G altered scale. Flats. Note that this line is just a descending Ab melodic minor scale, or G altered scale starting on Ab. Scale - Altered 1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7 FULL-th pattern Root note - G Guitar Tuning: Root. The Diminished-wholetone Scale. This scale is also known as: The 7th mode of the G# Melodic Minor Scale. Scale Advanced Options. Fret. A Search Engine for Musical Scales. The Superlocrian Scale. Note Labels. JGuitar's scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. This first example shows how a descending altered scale can be used to outline a ii-V-I. The tritone sub of G7 is Db7. 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