**Minor Seventh Chords:**
A minor seventh chord is a four-note chord consisting of a root, minor third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh interval. The formula for building a minor seventh chord is:
Root - Minor third - Perfect fifth - Minor seventh
For example, in the key of C minor:
- The C minor seventh chord would consist of the notes C (root), E♭ (minor third), G (perfect fifth), and B♭ (minor seventh).
**Piano Tutorial:**
1. **C Minor Seventh (Cmin7):**
- Place your left hand thumb on the C note, which is two white keys to the left of the two black keys.
- Then, skip one key and place your middle finger on E♭ (minor third).
- Finally, skip another key and place your pinky finger on G (perfect fifth).
- In your right hand, place your thumb on B♭ (minor seventh), which is one key to the left of the two black keys.
- Play all the notes together to form the Cmin7 chord.
2. **A Minor Seventh (Amin7):**
- For Amin7, place your left hand thumb on the A note, which is to the left of the three black keys.
- Then, skip one key and place your middle finger on C (minor third).
- Skip another key and place your pinky finger on E (perfect fifth).
- In your right hand, place your thumb on G (minor seventh), which is one key to the right of the three black keys.
- Play all the notes together to form the Amin7 chord.
3. **D Minor Seventh (Dmin7):**
- Place your left hand thumb on the D note, which is to the right of the two black keys.
- Then, skip one key and place your middle finger on F (minor third).
- Skip another key and place your pinky finger on A (perfect fifth).
- In your right hand, place your thumb on C (minor seventh), which is one key to the right of the two black keys.
- Play all the notes together to form the Dmin7 chord.
examples of minor seventh chords on all 12 keys:
1. **C Minor Seventh (Cmin7)**:
- C (root), E♭ (minor third), G (perfect fifth), B♭ (minor seventh)
2. **C# Minor Seventh (C#min7)**:
- C# (root), E (minor third), G# (perfect fifth), B (minor seventh)
3. **D Minor Seventh (Dmin7)**:
- D (root), F (minor third), A (perfect fifth), C (minor seventh)
4. **D# Minor Seventh (D#min7)**:
- D# (root), F# (minor third), A# (perfect fifth), C# (minor seventh)
5. **E Minor Seventh (Emin7)**:
- E (root), G (minor third), B (perfect fifth), D (minor seventh)
6. **F Minor Seventh (Fmin7)**:
- F (root), A♭ (minor third), C (perfect fifth), E♭ (minor seventh)
7. **F# Minor Seventh (F#min7)**:
- F# (root), A (minor third), C# (perfect fifth), E (minor seventh)
8. **G Minor Seventh (Gmin7)**:
- G (root), B♭ (minor third), D (perfect fifth), F (minor seventh)
9. **G# Minor Seventh (G#min7)**:
- G# (root), B (minor third), D# (perfect fifth), F# (minor seventh)
10. **A Minor Seventh (Amin7)**:
- A (root), C (minor third), E (perfect fifth), G (minor seventh)
11. **A# Minor Seventh (A#min7)**:
- A# (root), C# (minor third), F (perfect fifth), G# (minor seventh)
12. **B Minor Seventh (Bmin7)**:
- B (root), D (minor third), F# (perfect fifth), A (minor seventh)
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