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36.41Level 13 — Phrygian dominant versus altered scale
Important distinction.
G altered scale comes from A♭ melodic minor and includes different tensions.
G Phrygian dominant comes from C harmonic minor:
G A♭ B C D E♭ F.
Phrygian dominant has:
natural 5 D
and:
natural 4 C.
It sounds different from fully altered dominant.