Minor Major 7th Chord

🎵 A beautiful, complex, and often dramatic chord (root, b3, 5, 7). It pairs a minor triad with a major seventh, creating a unique tension that feels introspective, longing, or sometimes tragic. Use it as the tonic (i) in melodic minor harmony or for evocative moments in jazz, film scores, or ballads. Evokes film noir or sophisticated melancholy.

Also abbreviated as: m/ma7m/maj7mM7mMaj7m/M7-Δ7mΔ-^7-maj7

With all 4 notes and C as bass, it is also: Cm(M7)Cm(maj7)

Contains intervals: 1P3m5P7M

Popular songs which use this chord type: Naima (John Coltrane), Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charles Mingus), Laura (David Raksin)