Altered Scale Quick Tutorial for Jazz Guitarists - Improvisation

Getting a firm grip on the so called altered scale can be quite a challenge, especially for jazz guitarists.

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Here's a quick and easy tutorial

Here we will build the altered scale (aka super locrian) from the ground up, first by looking at its main alterations: b9 #9 b5 and #5.

This is a super "crunchy" and dark dominant sound.

In the video, we're look at the chord G7(alt) ... as found in a regular II-V-I in C major.

Even, later in the video, we look at this from a C minor perspective: Dm7b5 to G7alt to C minor.

As a reference, the notes contained in the G altered scale are:
G Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F

This is enharmonic to Ab melodic minor, and not a typo. Feel free to look at the Db (i.e. the b5 of G7) as a C# instead, calling it a #4.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - G7 shell
01:05 - Altered notes (4x)
02:02 - Non altered notes (3x)
03:26 - Scale position
04:16 - Fingerings
05:41 - Improv applications and resolving
06:43 - Theory: Ab melodic minor
08:06 - Theory: Db7#11 (tritone)
10:17 - Diatonic / non-symmetrical
11:08 - One-string approach

Previous videos in the series
-- Diminished scale:    • Diminished Scale Quick Tutorial for J...  
-- Whole tone scale:    • Whole-Tone Scale Quick Tutorial for J...  

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