A standard way to jazzify your Minor 7th chords is to add “the 9″…
Here are two standard voicings for doing so…
C Minor 7 Chord: 1/b3-5-b7-9 Voicing
In the interest of physical ease and musicality, play the root “1” in your left hand, drop “the 1” from your right hand and play “the 9” instead…
Homework
Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, play this Minor 7 chord voicing in the big 12 spellings chromatically ascending…
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…
C Minor 7 Chord: 1/b7-9-b3-5 Voicing
Another useful voicing puts “the b7” at the bottom in your right hand….
Homework
Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, play this minor 7th chord voicing in the big 12 spellings chromatically ascending…
Listen to an example @ 120 beats per minute…
Play-along Tracks
Of the score above with a two bar count off @ 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, & 180 beats per minutes…
Playing along at a variety of tempos is a highly effective way to discover and tighten up every loose screw in your thinking, technique, and rhythm. As you do so, you will automatically internalize an enormous chord vocabulary by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle–preparing your musical mind to be a fluent improviser.
learn more… Chord Voicings: Minor 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”
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