{"id":198,"date":"2025-01-16T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/felixoliverbacareza.com\/lessons\/?p=198"},"modified":"2025-01-16T07:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T07:42:49","slug":"altered-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixoliverbacareza.online\/lessons\/2025\/01\/16\/altered-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"2\" style=\"font-size:30px;color:black;text-align:center;\"><strong><em><kbd style=\"font-size:30px;color:black;text-align:center;\">Altered Scale<\/kbd><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\">An <strong>altered scale<\/strong> is a musical scale that&#8217;s a variation of the major scale, but with altered notes that give it a complex and rich sound. It&#8217;s a fundamental part of jazz and contemporary music. <\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\">Here are some characteristics of the altered scale:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/felixoliverbacareza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/altered-scale-guitar-shapes-for-posting.fw_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/felixoliverbacareza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/altered-scale-guitar-diagrams-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\">The altered scale is a seven-note scale that includes the root, major third, and minor seventh of a dominant seventh chord, plus altered versions of the other chord tones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\"><strong>Altered notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\">The fifth is altered to a \u266d5 and a \u266f5, the ninth is altered to a \u266d9 and a \u266f9, the eleventh is altered to a \u266f11, and the thirteenth is altered to a \u266d13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\"><strong>Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\">The altered scale sounds like a major dominant scale at some intervals, but the altered notes give it a more adventurous sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\"><strong>Uses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:black;text-align:justify;\" class=\"\">The altered scale is often used in jazz improvisation over dominant chords to add altered tensions and rich harmonies.\nThe altered scale is also known as the altered dominant scale or super-Locrian scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altered Scale An altered scale is a musical scale that&#8217;s a variation of the major scale, but with altered notes that give it a complex and rich sound. It&#8217;s a fundamental part of jazz and contemporary music. Here are some characteristics of the altered scale: Notes The altered scale is a seven-note scale that includes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topic"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"faizar","author_link":"https:\/\/felixoliverbacareza.online\/lessons\/author\/faizar\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/felixoliverbacareza.online\/lessons\/category\/topic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Topic<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Altered Scale An altered scale is a musical scale that&#8217;s a variation of the major scale, but with altered notes that give it a complex and rich sound. 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