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minor 7 chord voicings

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 6,9

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Although not technically a seventh chord, this colorful, less dissonant alternative to a Minor 7 Chord sometimes serves a similar function and sounds just right for jazz ballads and slow Latin tunes…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7 “Definitive Tones Over Perfect 5th”

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For a full, but simple and open sound, trying voicing the Minor Seventh Chord as a 1 and 5 (a perfect 5th) in the left hand and the definitive tones b3 and b7 (that also form a perfect fifth) in the right…

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2018-02-02 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Minor 7, add 9

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A standard way to get a jazzier sound is to add “color tones” to the basic seventh chord. A commonly-used color tone is the “9” (or “2” if you like)…

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