An altered chord is one that contains notes from outside its scale of origin – chords such as b9 or #5 are frequently seen examples of this. What the example chords are designed to demonstrate is how ...

Recently, we’ve been exploring extended chords, and while we did touch on some altered chords, this is a fuller explanation with tips on how to avoid some common pitfalls with the naming conventions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In my previous column, we looked at the difference between extended and altered chords, and I wanted to give some further examples ...