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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Coltrane Changes

If this wheel makes sense to you and you can play these changes on your respective instrument then you are a jazz musician. Note that the outer is connected by 3rds/6ths and inner ring is connected by 4ths/5ths

	ALTERNATIVE NAME	FORMULA	INTERVAL FORMULA
MELODIC MINOR	Jazz Minor	1 2 b3 4 5 6 7	Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone
DORIAN B2	Phrygian Natural 6, Phrygian Sharp 6	1 b2 b3 4 5 6 b7	Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone
LYDIAN AUGMENTED		1 2 3 #4 #5 6 7	Tone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Semitone
LYDIAN DOMINANT		1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7	Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Semitone, Tone
MIXOLYDIAN B6	Aeolian Natural 3, Hindu scale	1 2 3 4 5 b6 b7	Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone
HALF-DIMINISHED SCALE	Locrian Sharp 2, Locrian Natural 2, Aeolian b5	1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7	Tone, Semitone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone
SUPERLOCRIAN	Diminished-wholetone, Altered Scale	1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 bb7	Semitone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Tone