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PRONUNCIATION OF MINOR SEVENTH CHORD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINOR SEVENTH CHORD

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Minor seventh chord is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MINOR SEVENTH CHORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minor seventh chord

In music, a minor seventh chord is any nondominant seventh chord where the "third" note is a minor third above the root. ii7-V7-I progression in C Play . Most typically, minor seventh chord refers to where the "seventh" note is a minor seventh above the root. 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,. In a natural minor scale, this chord is on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant degrees. 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, third or sixth degrees. For instance the ii7 in the ii-V-I turnaround. Example of tonic minor seventh chords include LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade", Chic's "Le Freak", and the Eagles' "One Of These Nights". When the seventh note is a major seventh above the root, it is called a minor/major seventh chord.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MINOR SEVENTH CHORD

added sixth chord
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Synonyms and antonyms of minor seventh chord in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «minor seventh chord» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINOR SEVENTH CHORD

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Translator English - Chinese

小七和弦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acorde de séptima menor
570 millions of speakers

English

minor seventh chord
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबालिग सातवें राग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوتر السابع طفيفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

минорный септаккорд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acorde de sétima menor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোটখাট সাতটি গম্বুজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

septième mineur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kord ketujuh kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Moll -Septakkord
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイナーセブンスコード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마이너 7th 코드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minor chord
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhỏ âm thứ bảy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிய ஏழாவது நாண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सातवा जीवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük yedinci akor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accordo di settima minore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drobne siódmy akord
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мінорний септакорд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șaptelea coardă minor
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ανήλικος έβδομη χορδή
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

klein sewende koord
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sjundedels mollackord
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

mindre syvende akkord
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINOR SEVENTH CHORD»

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
There are several ways to indicate a major seventh chord, as shown in the following table: Minor Sevenths The minor seventh chord takes a standard minor chord and adds a minor seventh on top of the existing three notes. This gives you a ...
Michael Miller, 2005
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Modern Mallet Method, Bk 2
Major Sixth Chord, Minor Seventh Chord Review, Progression Minor Seventh To Dominant Seventh To Tonic 10 LESSON IV Scale Form #3, Major Scales Diatonic Thirds (Melodic), Inversions Major Sixth Chord, Minor Seventh Chord Review, ...
Kraus, Phil
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Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice
... the seventh chord built on the leading tone in major, a diminished-minor seventh chord, is represented as viiø7 and its common name is half-diminished- seventh because — although the triad is diminished — the seventh, being minor, is not.
Alfred Blatter, 2007
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Guitar Exercises For Dummies
Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #3 ................................................................142 Minor seventh chord arpeggio pattern #4 . .... Seventh Chord Arpeggio Sequences to Your Collection .........................161 Minor seventh chord arpeggio sequence ...
Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell, 2008
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Cengage Advantage Books: Introductory Musicianship
(2) MAJOR-MINOR SEVENTH CHORDS—THE DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORD When the quality of the triad is major and the quality of the seventh is minor, the chord is called a major-minor seventh chord. Of all the seventh chords, it is the ...
Theodore Lynn, 2011
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The Everything Music Theory Book with CD: Take Your ...
is a minor seventh, so this chord is called a C minor / minor seventh chord. It's shortened to simply C minor seventh or Cm7 or C-7. This is the basic minor seventh chord that is found on the second, third, and sixth scale degrees of ...
Marc Schonbrun, 2011
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The Harmonization of the Chorale: A Comprehensive Workbook ...
The more usual kinds of seventh chords are listed below: 1. Major seventh chord 2. Minor seventh chord 3. Major-minor seventh chord 4. Diminished seventh chord 5. Half-diminished seventh chord 6. Others (minor-major, diminished-major , ...
Steven Porter, 1987
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Harmony & Theory
One result of this alteration is that very often the V chord in minor keys is changed from a minor seventh chord to a dominant seventh chord, making the specific function of the dominant chord less clear to the eye. It becomes necessary to look  ...
Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder, 1998
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Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based ...
The fact that the major seventh chord (Exercise 3.4a) is built with the interval of a major seventh above the root, whereas the minor seventh chord (Exercise 3.3b) is built with the interval of a minor seventh above the root can be seen in the ...
Timothy A. Johnson, 2008
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Chordmaster Chord Theory for Guitar
Now, the minor seventh chord is sometimes shown as D-7 instead of Dm7. But if flat 5 is shown as -5, then you might think D-7 just uses the flatted seventh note and leaves the 3rd scale note as major. It does not. Diminished The last topic of ...
Michael Ellis, 2010

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINOR SEVENTH CHORD»

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Bevo Speaks: An "Interview" with the legendary Longhorn
... or the time he got kicked out of his old punk band, The Mack Daddies, for playing a minor seventh chord during the chorus. He's under a lot of ... «The Horn, May 12»
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James Holden Talks Trance, Music Snobs, and His Border …
So the Detroit/Chicago revival is just all the unimaginative people finding what a minor seventh chord is. Or finding some Detroit presets in their ... «Miami New Times, Aug 11»
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Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar - Session 18 - Jazz - Part 1
... Major Seventh Chord Forms, Minor Seventh Chord Forms, and Ninth Chord Forms. In the How Music Works section he talks about Ninths, Elevenths & 13ths. «Gibson, Nov 10»
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Wolfram Alpha Live Review: The Un-Google
Not only are notes for a B-flat minor seventh chord depicted in three different ways, there are also links to play either the individual notes or the ... «Search Engine Land, May 09»
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Is Bird Dead?
He had his patented ways of incorporating flat fifths and sharp fifths, or for placing major sevenths against a minor seventh chord, and so on. «Jazz.com, Jul 08»

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