Alternate chord
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The altered chord, derived from altered scale is an extended chord found in jazz music.
The tensions in an alternate chord are:
- flat seventh (b7)
- flat ninth (b9)
- sharp ninth (#9)
- flat fifth (b5)
- sharp fifth (#5)
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| Sevenths | Major · Minor · Dominant · Diminished · Half-diminished · Minor-Major · Augmented major · Augmented minor | |
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| Extended | Ninth · Eleventh · Thirteenth | |
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| Other | Sixth · Augmented sixth · Altered · Added tone · Polychord · Quartal and quintal · Tone cluster | |
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| By Function | Diatonic | Tonic · Dominant · Subdominant · Submediant |
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| Altered | Borrowed · Neapolitan chord · Secondary dominant · Secondary subdominant | |
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