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Fig. 1 · G altered on the keyboard

piano scale

G altered

G1A♭♭2B♭♭3C♭♭4D♭♭5E♭♭6F♭7

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

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · G 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

GHA♭WB♭HC♭WD♭WE♭WFWG

What is true of it

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

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

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

Chords made only of these notes

D♭majorD♭7dominant seventhE♭majorE♭augaugmentedE♭7dominant seventhFdimdiminishedFm7♭5half-diminished seventhGdimdiminished

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

Other scales on G

G Phrygian dominantexoticG Lydian dominantexoticG double harmonicexoticG majormajorG natural minorminorG harmonic minorminor

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