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- Altered_scale abstract "In jazz, the altered scale or altered dominant scale is a seven-note scale that differs from the Locrian mode in having a lowered fourth scale degree. Starting on C, it contains the notes: C, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭ and B♭. (This is the C Locrian mode, C-D♭-E♭-F-G♭-A♭-B♭, with F changed to F♭. For this reason, the altered scale is sometimes called the "super locrian mode".) It is the seventh mode of the ascending melodic minor scale. The scale is sometimes spelled with two thirds rather than a flatted fourth scale degree—e.g. C-D♭-E♭-E♮-G♭-A♭-B♭, with E♮ substituting for F♭. In contrast to the term acoustic scale, the term "altered scale" almost always refers to this particular mode of the melodic minor, rather than the scale itself. In this sense, the term "altered mode" would be more accurate.[citation needed] The altered scale is also known as the Pomeroy scale (Bahha & Rawlins 2005, 33) (after Herb Pomeroy (Miller 1996, 35)), the Ravel scale (after Ravel), and the diminished whole-tone scale (due to its resemblance to the diminished scale and the whole-tone scale) (Haerle 1975, 15) as well as the dominant whole-tone scale and Locrian flat four (Service 1993, 28).The altered scale appears sporadically in the works of Debussy and Ravel (Tymoczko 1997), as well as in the works of recent composers such as Steve Reich (see, in particular, the Desert Music). It plays a fundamental role in jazz, where it is used to accompany altered dominant seventh chords starting on the first scale degree. (That is, the scale C-D♭-E♭-F♭-G♭-A♭-B♭ is used to accompany chords such as C-E-G♭-B♭-D♭, the dominant seventh flat five flat nine chord.[citation needed] See: chord-scale system.The C super locrian scale consists of the notes C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ COne way to obtain the altered scale is by raising the tonic of a major scale by a half step; for example, taking the tonic of the B-major scale, B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ Braising the tonic by a half step produces the C altered scale, C C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ Cthe notes of which are enharmonic (identical, in the equal temperament system) with the notes of the C altered scale.Like the other modes of the melodic minor ascending or jazz minor scale, the altered scale shares six of its seven notes with an octatonic (or "diminished") scale, and five of the six notes of a whole-tone scale, and thus is occasionally referred to as the "diminished whole tone scale". (For example, the altered scale C-D♭-E♭-F♭-G♭-A♭-B♭ shares all but its A♭ with the octatonic scale C-D♭-E♭-E-F♯-G-A-B♭; while sharing five of the six notes in the whole-tone scale C-D-E-G♭-A♭-B♭.) This accounts for some of its popularity in both the classical and jazz traditions (Callender 1998,; Tymoczko 2004).".
- Altered_scale thumbnail C_altered_scale_flats.png?width=300.
- Altered_scale wikiPageExternalLink super-locrian.html.
- Altered_scale wikiPageExternalLink altered_guitar_scales.html.
- Altered_scale wikiPageID "175978".
- Altered_scale wikiPageRevisionID "601883993".
- Altered_scale complement "5".
- Altered_scale fifthPitch Tritone.
- Altered_scale firstPitch Unison.
- Altered_scale forteNumber "7".
- Altered_scale fourthPitch Diminished_fourth.
- Altered_scale hasPhotoCollection Altered_scale.
- Altered_scale modes "I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII".
- Altered_scale name "Altered scale".
- Altered_scale pitchClasses "7".
- Altered_scale secondPitch Minor_second.
- Altered_scale seventhPitch Minor_seventh.
- Altered_scale sixthPitch Minor_sixth.
- Altered_scale thirdPitch Minor_third.
- Altered_scale subject Category:Heptatonic_scales.
- Altered_scale type Abstraction100002137.
- Altered_scale type Communication100033020.
- Altered_scale type MusicalNotation106814870.
- Altered_scale type MusicalScales.
- Altered_scale type Notation106808493.
- Altered_scale type Scale106856568.
- Altered_scale type Writing106359877.
- Altered_scale type WrittenCommunication106349220.
- Altered_scale comment "In jazz, the altered scale or altered dominant scale is a seven-note scale that differs from the Locrian mode in having a lowered fourth scale degree. Starting on C, it contains the notes: C, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭ and B♭. (This is the C Locrian mode, C-D♭-E♭-F-G♭-A♭-B♭, with F changed to F♭. For this reason, the altered scale is sometimes called the "super locrian mode".) It is the seventh mode of the ascending melodic minor scale.".
- Altered_scale label "Altered scale".
- Altered_scale label "Alterierte Skala".
- Altered_scale label "Escala alterada".
- Altered_scale label "Gamme altérée".
- Altered_scale label "Scala superlocria".
- Altered_scale label "オルタード・スケール".
- Altered_scale sameAs Alterierte_Skala.
- Altered_scale sameAs Gamme_altérée.
- Altered_scale sameAs Scala_superlocria.
- Altered_scale sameAs オルタード・スケール.
- Altered_scale sameAs Escala_alterada.
- Altered_scale sameAs m.017v5h.
- Altered_scale sameAs Q438325.
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- Altered_scale sameAs Altered_scale.
- Altered_scale wasDerivedFrom Altered_scale?oldid=601883993.
- Altered_scale depiction C_altered_scale_flats.png.
- Altered_scale isPrimaryTopicOf Altered_scale.