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Minor 7th Chord Theory and Application

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
01:29:03

In this comprehensive course on Minor 7 Chords, you’ll learn how to build Minor 7 Chords, the Chord Symbols, all 12 Minor 7 Chords, 4 tunes to practice them with, & the most common Minor 7 progressions.

Course Objectives
  • Learn all 12 Minor 7 Chords
  • Discover 4 Approaches to Build Minor 7 Chords
  • Play 4 Fun Songs that use Minor 7 Chords
  • Learn Inversions & Most Common Minor 7 Progressions
Learning Focus
  • Chords
  • Exercises
  • Groove
  • Lead Sheets
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What minors matters
Love the styles presented! These are what I really want to begin to understand.
Minor chords Stand Alone
Minor chords do not hide in these exercises. They are rich and useful for so many moods and expressions. Enjoyed learning how to change cold theory into actual fun, allowing the focus on one sound - the minor - do take center stage.
Fun walkthrough and rhythmically educational as well
It's always good to work on the basics since they come up so often when you're playing, even though that is mostly unconscious. What I liked especially is that the songs used for each triplet of chords are also rhythmic lessons, which is one of the most important parts of playing jazz. So even though I 'knew' most of the minor chords it was still good to play songs and learn a couple of new rhythms.
Excellent!
Quite challenging but all exercices were fun. I don’t feel confident to share yet but will keep practising, especially the last lesson, working through the chord sequences, hopefully in all keys.
Great pace and packed with learning
Really getting to grips with my dominant chords through this course. Thank you!

Course Lessons

1
Minor 7th Chord – Theory & Application – Lesson 1
8:16

4 Ways to Build Minor 7 Chords, Shapes & Chord Symbols

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2
Minor 7th Chord – Theory & Application – Lesson 2
18:30

Cm7, Fm7, Gm7, Latin Groove, Chord Inversions

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3
Minor 7th Chord – Theory & Application – Lesson 3
18:27

Am7, Dm7, Em7, Pop Groove, Chord Inversions

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4
Minor 7th Chord – Theory & Application – Lesson 4
16:26

Ebm7, Bbm7, Abm7, Funk Groove, Chord Inversions

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5
Minor 7th Chord – Theory & Application – Lesson 5
18:45

F#m7, Bm7, C#m7, Swing Groove, Chord Inversions

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6
Minor 7th Chord – Theory & Application – Lesson 6
8:39

Common Minor 7 chord progressions

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

What minors matters
Love the styles presented! These are what I really want to begin to understand.
Minor chords Stand Alone
Minor chords do not hide in these exercises. They are rich and useful for so many moods and expressions. Enjoyed learning how to change cold theory into actual fun, allowing the focus on one sound - the minor - do take center stage.
Fun walkthrough and rhythmically educational as well
It's always good to work on the basics since they come up so often when you're playing, even though that is mostly unconscious. What I liked especially is that the songs used for each triplet of chords are also rhythmic lessons, which is one of the most important parts of playing jazz. So even though I 'knew' most of the minor chords it was still good to play songs and learn a couple of new rhythms.
Excellent!
Quite challenging but all exercices were fun. I don’t feel confident to share yet but will keep practising, especially the last lesson, working through the chord sequences, hopefully in all keys.
Great pace and packed with learning
Really getting to grips with my dominant chords through this course. Thank you!
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