E Altered Scale

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E Altered Scale notes: E F F## G# A# C D. Formula: 1 b2 #2 3 #4 b6 b7. Chords in this scale: Edim, Fm, F##m, G#aug, A#, C, Ddim.

The altered scale (super Locrian) keeps the root, 3 and b7 of a dominant chord and alters everything else: 1 b2 #2 3 #4 b6 b7, that is b9, #9, #11 and b13. Jazz players use it over a dominant chord that resolves, like G7alt to C. It is the seventh mode of melodic minor: G altered uses the notes of Ab melodic minor.