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(My personal understanding of the alt chord is this: Make sure you DON'T play an unaltered 5th or 9th. Raise 'em, lower 'em, or do both, but don't play natural five or nine.)



Well, that's my understanding of the ALT chord also.

It gives *options* to the player.

In my experience, *any* combination of the 7 chord can be played in the circumstance, as long as the player always alters the 5 or the 9 -- if either is played.

That would be in any of the possible iterations:

no5, b9

no5, #9

b5, no9

#5, no9

b5, b9

#5, b9

b5, #9

--And, of course, just playing the tritone of the chord as well (dated sounding, perhaps, but never a clash).

Now, with BiaB, the choice is going to be dictated by the masks within the chosen Style file and what's available there.


--Mac

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