In general, you'll find m7 chords feature considerably more in rock and blues than maj7 chords which tend to lean more towards ballads and jazz styles. From acoustic to mildly overdriven, m7 chords ...

They are so commonplace that we take the theory behind them for granted. Here are five 7th chords, the theory underpinning them, and some ideas for modifying them ...

Step 1: The minor seventh chord is disco’s best friend, as we’ll demonstrate in this mini-sketch, which contains a suitably disco-licious rhythm track of drums and bass. We’re going to add some Rhodes ...

A minor 7th chord is constructed by using the 1st, the flattened 3rd (one fret lower), the 5th and the flattened 7th notes of the scale. So that’s: A, C, E and G.

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 3 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 10, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Jazz in Long Form articles ...

Having played the piano for most of my exceedingly long life (Mozart was like a little brother), there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that major and minor chords and the music based upon them are ...

But not always, and even in these instances, ‘dominant’ 7th chords are major chords after all, and the heart of the music theory in question remains the same. How To Expand On I-IV-V?

Rachmaninov Music Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Composed between 1900 and 1901, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is often described as the greatest piano concerto ever written. After ...

Revise notation, the way of writing down music, with rhythm and metre, sharps and flats, key signatures, major and minor keys, articulation and dynamics.

7th chords are great for spicing up progressions where simple major and minor chords may not have quite enough personality. In this example a basic I–IV–V progression is boosted with major 7th ...