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The Altered Scale

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Robert

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This is a cool scale to use over Dominant 7 chords. Here I'm using it to go from the I chord to the IV chord. This is kind of a jazz blues approach. Jazz musicians use this scale often. When you play over a typical blues, you can use this scale to surprise the listener a bit. It will instantly sound a bit jazzy and is something you hear more and more in modern blues. Just don't overdo it, since it's easy to sound kind of artificial and overly academic (BORING) if you use the altered scale too much.

 
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