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Melodic Minor Modes Also known as Super Locrian

A Altered

NOTES
A Aā™Æ C Cā™Æ Dā™Æ F G A
SCALE FORMULA
1 ā€“ ā™­2 ā€“ ā™­3 ā€“ ā™­4 ā€“ ā™­5 ā€“ ā™­6 ā€“ ā™­7
ABOUT THIS SCALE

The seventh mode of melodic minor. A tense jazz scale designed for altered dominant chords.

GUITAR FRETBOARD

A Altered

Standard tuning ā€” E A D G B E ā€” open through fret 24.

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Playback: The scale follows a practical two-octave route across nearby strings and frets. The note currently sounding turns bright white.
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Chord progression ideas

Key of A

Altered Dominant Resolution

V7alt ā†’ i
A7alt ā†’ Dm

The altered scale is most often used over a dominant chord resolving up a perfect fourth to a minor tonic.

Major Resolution

V7alt ā†’ Imaj7
A7alt ā†’ Dmaj7

The same altered dominant tension can resolve into a major tonic, a very common jazz application.