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Fig. 1 · A# altered · first 12 frets

guitar scale

A♯ altered

A♯1B♭2C♯♭3D♭4E♭5F♯♭6G♯♭7

The seventh mode of melodic minor. Every degree above the tonic that can be altered, is.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are B♭ altered.

on ukuleleon piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · A# altered, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

A♯HBWC♯HDWEWF♯WG♯WA♯

What is true of it

A♯ altered is A♯, B, C♯, D, E, F♯ and G♯, and back to A♯.

Its steps are H – W – H – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, A♯ Locrian differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 46 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯mminorC♯m7minor seventhDaugaugmentedEmajorE7dominant seventhF♯majorF♯augaugmentedF♯7dominant seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on A♯

A♯ Phrygian dominantexoticA♯ Lydian dominantexoticA♯ double harmonicexoticA♯ majormajorA♯ natural minorminorA♯ harmonic minorminor

C altC♯ altD♭ altD altD♯ altE♭ altE altF altall 374