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Fig. 1 · A altered · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

A altered

A1B♭♭2C♭3D♭♭4E♭♭5F♭6G♭7

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

on guitaron 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

AHB♭WCHD♭WE♭WFWGWA

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 ukulele its notes fall in 31 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmminorCm7minor seventhD♭augaugmentedE♭majorE♭7dominant seventhFmajorFaugaugmentedF7dominant 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