Chords · C–7
Minor 7th chord
Notes
Root
- C, the 1
- E♭, the ♭3
- G, the 5
- B♭, the ♭7
Practice it
The chord, then each scale it takes with the chord tones lit, on the root above, written for the pitch you read in.
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Scales
A sheet plays the default at Standard; Basic and Advanced reach for the scales marked for them. How it decides says which, and why.
- C Dorian
- Default
- C Aeolian
- when the chord is vi, or the symbol has a ♭6
- C Phrygian
- iii, or v of a minor key
- C Dorian ♭2
- Phrygian with a natural 6
- C Minor Pentatonic
- Basic level
- C Bebop Dorian
- Advanced level
- D Minor Pentatonic
- 9, 11 and 13 colour
- G Minor Pentatonic
- no 3rd: 9 and 11
- C♯ Minor Pentatonic
- Outsideside-slip a half step up
- F♯ Minor Pentatonic
- Outsidea tritone away: most tension
Tunes
- A Banda
- A Certain Sadness
- A Child Is Born
- A Felicidade
- A Flor da Noite
- A Flor e o Espinho
- A Little Tear
- A Night in Tunisia
- A Noite
- A Novidade
- A Rã
- A Rita
- A Sleepin' Bee
- A Weaver of Dreams
- Abre Alas
- Afternoon in Paris
- Agua de Beber
- Agua Doçe
- Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai
- Airegin
- Algum Lugar
- Aliás
- All of Me
- All or Nothing at All
- All the Things You Are
- Alô Alô
- Alone Together
- Along Came Betty
- Amazonia
- Amigos Meus
and 514 more.