#AlteredScale

The Altered Scale, sometimes referred to as Super Locrian mode, Locrian b4 or Diminished Whole-tone, is the seventh mode of the melodic minor scale. The formula is 1 (root) – b2 (minor second) – b3 (minor third) – b4 (diminished fourth) – b5 (diminished fifth) – b6 (minor sixth) and b7 (minor seventh). When played over dominant 7 chords it highlights altered notes (hence its name) as b9, #9, b5, #11 and b13. Its a Seventh mode of Melodic Minor