Minor seventh chord
Component intervals from minor triad with a minor seventh attached to it.[2]
For example, the minor seventh chord built on A, commonly written as A−7, has pitches A-C-E-G:
Minor/minor seventh chordA seventh chord with a minor third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh is commonly called a minor seventh chord, but also sometimes a minor/minor seventh chord to distinguish it from the minor/major seventh chord discussed below. It can be represented as either as m7 or −7, or in integer notation, {0, 3, 7, 10}. This chord occurs on different scale degrees in different diatonic scales :
Example of tonic minor seventh chords include LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade", Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song", The Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Runnin'", Chic's "Le Freak", Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown", and the Eagles' "One Of These Nights".[5] The major sixth chord (major triad with an added major sixth) is an inversion of this chord. Minor/major seventh chordWhen the seventh note is a written as CmM7, has pitches C–E♭–G–B:
Its harmonic function is similar to that of a "normal" minor seventh, as is the minor seven flat five or half-diminished chord – but in each case, the altered tone (seventh or fifth, respectively) creates a different feeling which is exploited in modulations and to use leading-tones. Minor seventh as virtual augmented sixth chordThe minor seventh chord may also have its interval of minor seventh (between root and seventh degree, i.e.: C–B♭ in C–E♭–G–B♭) rewritten as an Minor seventh chord tableThe just minor seventh chord is tuned in the ratios 10:12:15:18.[9] ⓘ This may be found on iii, vi, and vii.[10] Another tuning may be in the ratios 48:40:32:27.[11] ⓘ Minor seventh chords for guitarIn standard tuning, the left is the low E string, the number is the fret, and x means mute the string. References
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