When you hear a line of music that feels both intimate and lush—one that settles into your ears like a warm breeze—the first thing many listeners recognize is the presence of a minor‑seventh harmony.

Guitar lessons: You’d be forgiven for thinking that you’d use the minor scale to construct minor 7th chords, but that’s not quite how it works. All scales and chords are compared to the major scale, ...

A study suggests that minor and major seventh chords are the happiest sounds in music, but today’s songwriters are ditching them in favour of simple minor chords. But why does this matter? We all love ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We can make our chords more interesting by adding extra notes… but not just any. So far in this ...

Discover a wealth of dominant 7th, diminished and chromatically colored chords to bring variety and sophistication to your ...