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Fig. 1 · D altered on the keyboard

piano scale

D altered

D1E♭♭2F♭3G♭♭4A♭♭5B♭♭6C♭7

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

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · D 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

DHE♭WFHG♭WA♭WB♭WCWD

What is true of it

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

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

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

Chords made only of these notes

CdimdiminishedCm7♭5half-diminished seventhDdimdiminishedDaugaugmentedDm7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭mminorFmminorFm7minor seventh

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

Other scales on D

D Phrygian dominantexoticD Lydian dominantexoticD double harmonicexoticD majormajorD natural minorminorD harmonic minorminor

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