music notation showing c minor 7 triad over root chord voicing

Minor 7 Chord Voicing: “Triad over Root”

A standard voicing for the Minor 7th Chord is to play the root in your left hand and the triad formed by the b3, 5, and b7 in your right…

C Minor 7 “Triad over Root” Chord Voicing

One might think of this Cm7 voicing as Eb/C, where Eb is the major triad (Eb-G-Bb) built on “the b3” of the C minor chord…

music notation showing c minor 7 triad over root chord voicing
piano keyboard showing c minor 7 triad over root chord voicing

Homework

Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, play this Minor 7 chord voicing in the big 12 spellings chromatically ascending…

music notation for minor 7 triad over root chord voicings

Listen to an example at 120 beats per minute…


Play-along Tracks

Of the score above with a two bar count off at 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, & 180 beats per minute…


learn more… Jazz School: Minor 7 Chord Voicing: Root Plus Definitive Tones

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