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    THEORY OF THE MONTH

    Oct 01, 2019 1 minute

    The Altered Dominant scale, also known as the Diminished Whole Tone scale, is a widely-used sonority in jazz improvisation which has a unique ‘outness’ to its sound when applied over b 5, in jazz it is commonplace over any dominant 7th chord that resolves up a fourth or down a fifth. With this in mind, the Altered Dominant scale proves to be a versatile tool in your improvisational arsenal.

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