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G♯ Altered

G♯ · A · A♯♯ · B♯ · C♯♯ · E · F♯

Also called Super Locrian, G♯ Altered is the seventh mode of melodic minor and contains every altered extension a dominant chord can take — flat and sharp ninth, flat and sharp fifth. It's the definitive jazz scale for a V chord that needs maximum tension before resolving. Learn it as melodic minor a semitone up from the root.
Left-handed
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Practice this Scale

Play-alongs where G♯ Altered has been identified to match well with the track.

Sunset Groove Guitar Backing Track Jam in G Minor
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Use this scale sparingly over the Bb7 for a tension-filled, outside sound before resolving back to more consonant scales.