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Altered Dominant exercise

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This exercise will help you remember different shapes of altered chords. Play the following progression using the chord shapes below.

Functionally, the chord progression is I7 – VI7 – II7 – V7

Notice that the top note which is Eb doesn’t change throughout the progression. However, the note Eb functions differently at each chord.

  • For C7#9, it’s #9 (because D# = Eb)
  • For A7b5, it’s b5
  • For D7b9, it’s b9
  • For G7b13, it’s b13
C7#9
A7b5
D7b9
G7b13

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