minor 7th and minor major 7th chords
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AND MINOR MA JOR 7TH CHORDS
IV. Minor 7th and Minor-Major 7th chords (16:40 – 18:36) Here are the Gm7 and Gm(maj7) chords:
Here we have another example of a minor 7th chord from the key of C: a Dm7
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A Dm7 is the R-m3-P5-7 chord. This kind of chord easily exists in the major key as the ii7, iii7, and vi7 chords. The added dominant 7th tends to add a bit of a minor blues or jazz flavor to your regular minor triad. Another more confusing chord you’ll probably encounter in some songs would be the minor-major 7th chord. The formula for that is R-m3-P5-M7. An example of a minormajor chord is shown below:
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V. The Maj9, Add9 and 9 Chords (18:36 – 29:51) Extensions are called as such because they do extend the usual triad of the root, 3rd and 5th. We have previously discussed 7ths like the major 7th and dominant 7th chords as well as sus4 chords. We can stretch our chord further to include notes or intervals that we wouldn’t otherwise associate with a particular chord in general. These are the 9th, the 11th and the 13th. How exactly do we stretch the chord beyond 7ths when all we know is that a diatonic scale is composed of only 7 notes and then repeats? The concept of the 9th, the 11th and the 13th doesn’t seem to make sense. For this to make sense, we can again visually represent the diatonic scale in two octaves. Here we have the C major scale:
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
C
Now let us label the scale with our usual numbering scheme:
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AND MINOR MA JOR 7TH CHORDS
IV. Minor 7th and Minor-Major 7th chords (16:40 – 18:36) Here are the Gm7 and Gm(maj7) chords:
Here we have another example of a minor 7th chord from the key of C: a Dm7
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Extended Chords
Module 4 DVD 4
A Dm7 is the R-m3-P5-7 chord. This kind of chord easily exists in the major key as the ii7, iii7, and vi7 chords. The added dominant 7th tends to add a bit of a minor blues or jazz flavor to your regular minor triad. Another more confusing chord you’ll probably encounter in some songs would be the minor-major 7th chord. The formula for that is R-m3-P5-M7. An example of a minormajor chord is shown below:
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Extended Chords
V. The Maj9, Add9 and 9 Chords (18:36 – 29:51) Extensions are called as such because they do extend the usual triad of the root, 3rd and 5th. We have previously discussed 7ths like the major 7th and dominant 7th chords as well as sus4 chords. We can stretch our chord further to include notes or intervals that we wouldn’t otherwise associate with a particular chord in general. These are the 9th, the 11th and the 13th. How exactly do we stretch the chord beyond 7ths when all we know is that a diatonic scale is composed of only 7 notes and then repeats? The concept of the 9th, the 11th and the 13th doesn’t seem to make sense. For this to make sense, we can again visually represent the diatonic scale in two octaves. Here we have the C major scale:
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
C
Now let us label the scale with our usual numbering scheme:
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