Altered chord
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In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale. For example the following progression :
uses an altered IV chord and is an alteration of :
The Ab serves as a leading tone to G.
In jazz and jazz harmony, an altered chord is a dominant ninth chord that has the 5th and the 9th raised and/or lowered by a single semi-tone . An altered chord may contain any of the following :
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