Originally Posted by
Lionelsax
For me altered chord means a dominant chord that's got #5 and b9, a chord that runs with super-locrian scale 7th degree of minor melodic.
But it is not so formal, generally speaking it comes from classical cadences (chord progression) in minor, they are called dominant 9th.
C minor V I
G 7 (G B D F Ab)
C - 7 (C Eb G Bb)
It sounds very natural or harmonic, it's a very old concept well known still Baroque area.
But C - 7 recalls us we are not into baroque, classical or romantic music any more.
#5 or better named b6 can be added... It sounds good when 9th is added on minor chord, it is more modern.
G alt (G B Eb F Ab)
C - 9 (C Eb G Bb D)
There is no tension on V I when it's in minor, but some tensions are added when it's a major cadence.
G alt (G B Eb F Ab)
C major 9 (C E G B D)
Dominant chord with #5 sounds very good in V I in minor, #5 is b3 of I
Well, it is the way I understand it, you can disagree.
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