Thread: "Alt" Chord?
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Old 04-20-2018, 07:19 AM
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Default "Alt" Chord?

What is meant by, e.g., a "D Alt" chord? I ran across this notation in a transcription of the song "It's De-lovely".

I understand the general notion that an alt chord is a chord in which one or more scale notes is flatted or sharped (e.g. E7+9 or E aug), but this seems to leave open many possibilities. Just wondering if there is some common interpretation of this notation or if it depends upon context.

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