Minor seventh chord
| Component intervals from root | |
|---|---|
| minor seventh | |
| perfect fifth | |
| minor third | |
| root | |
| Tuning | |
| 10:12:15:18 | |
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Forte no. / |
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| 4-26 / |
In music, a minor seventh chord is any nondominant seventh chord where the "third" note is a minor third above the root.
Most typically, minor seventh chord refers to where the "seventh" note is a minor seventh above the root (a fifth above the third note). This is more precisely known as a minor/minor seventh chord, and it can be represented as either as m7 or −7, or in integer notation, {0, 3, 7, 10}. In a natural minor scale, this chord is on the tonic, subdominant, and dominantdegrees. In a harmonic minor scale, this chord is on the subdominant degrees. In an ascending melodic minor scale, this chord is on the supertonic degree. In a major scale, this chord is on the second (supertonic seventh), third (mediant) or sixth (submediant) degrees. For instance the ii7 in the ii–V–I turnaround.
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", and the Eagles' "One Of These Nights".
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