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Hey Richie,
Yes they are, I was thinking that you could potentially contain the altered scale within the same framework using the melodic minor fingerings. However I now realise you need to shift the whole position up a half step so it doesn’t really work.
Actually I have come to realise that you do have to shift all the shapes down a half step to fit the Altered mould, resulting in as you say, 4 notes per string on some strings.
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Actually Richie,
You may be interested in this concept. So I took your Diatonic fingerings for the major / minor scales. Then I made harmonic minor fingerings restricting myself to your boxes, I then did the same with melodic minor and I found something interesting. First and foremost it allows all the fingerings to exist with each other without moving position. Secondly there are no 4 notes per string but perhaps even more interestingly, I found that scales became compatible even if they were completely unrelated. For example resolving a lydian dominant to an aeolian or a super locrian to a dorian always allows you to stay in position.
Here are the fingerings, let me know what you think,
Andrew
