Flats. Adjust the "start fret" option to further highlight a finger pattern for playing the selected scale in a different position on the fretboard. Root. G is the fifth of C, a strong chord tone. And the altered scale is a really important scale to practice if you want to create a jazz sound when playing on these 7th chords. In C altered, we have an Ab (aka G#), which is also the b13, but chords marked with b13 do not imply the altered scale. This first example shows how a descending altered scale can be used to outline a ii-V-I. This scale is also known as: The 7th mode of the G# Melodic Minor Scale. Fret. Find guitar scales using graphic interface. The Diminished-wholetone Scale. Note Labels. What makes this line work musically is that it finishes on G in the next bar. Raise the 11th of Db7 (Raise the F# to G so the scale does not contain the major seventh of G7) making the chord Db7#11 and you’ve got the exact same notes as the G altered scale. JGuitar's scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. b13 usually implies the 5th mode of the melodic minor scale. See diagrams at Standard Guitar. The Superlocrian Scale. The tritone sub of G7 is Db7. Notice that I chose to use the B instead of the Cb which of course is the actual 3rd in Ab melodic minor. Altered Scale in G is a minor scale with flat second, flat fourth and flat fifth intervals. Jazz musicians love to play on dominant 7th chords. Sharps. A G♭ Altered scale consists of G♭, G, A, B♭, C, D and E notes. So, the theory for the altered scale is 1, b9, 3rd, #9, #11, b13, and b7. Understand the tritone substitution relationship to the altered scale. Note that this line is just a descending Ab melodic minor scale, or G altered scale starting on Ab. b9b13 implies the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale (aka mixolydian b9 b13). The altered scale features 3 of the 4 chord tones of a dominant 7th chord (1, 3, and b7) plus all the extensions of the chord altered. b5, even though it is found in the altered scale, usually implies the whole tone scale. The chord most closely associated with this scale is Gm7b5 . The Altered Scale – Bass Practice Diary – 16th April 2019. G Altered Scale. The Altered Dominant Scale. Scale - Altered 1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6,b7 FULL-th pattern Root note - G Guitar Tuning: Scale Advanced Options. A Search Engine for Musical Scales. The G altered scale is the same is an Abm melodic scale: If you play this scale in diatonic chords you’ll notice that it does not have a G7 as a diatonic chord on G, so we have to look a bit harder to find a G7 arpeggio at all, again something that is making it difficult for a lot of students. Altered Scale in All Keys Here’s the Ab melodic minor scale in the 9th position: Since G altered is the same as Ab melodic minor I have listed the diatonic chords here below. 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