Altered

Chord alterations

Chord alterations
  1. What are altered chords?
  2. What is an altered chord in piano?
  3. What can you play over an altered chord?

What are altered chords?

An altered chord is a chord in which one or more notes from the diatonic scale is replaced with a neighboring pitch from the chromatic scale. ... For example, altered notes may be used as leading tones to emphasize their diatonic neighbors.

What is an altered chord in piano?

Altered chords are chords of the dominant family but they are said to be altered because a few chord tones are either raised or lowered. In simple terms, altered chords are chords that some of its chord tones are modified to make them adaptable to a related or foreign key.

What can you play over an altered chord?

The fifth mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale is also a great choice when soloing over 7alt chords. Here, you have a few less alterations than the Altered Scale, the b9 and b13 only, which gives you a more focused and specific altered sound compared to the seventh mode of the Melodic Minor Scale.

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