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Miguel de Maria -> RE: Question on Major & Minor chords (Apr. 7 2006 17:39:54)
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You might see Gmaj7, which would be G major 7th. This is a chord made of the root, the third, the fifth, and the seventh. These are intervals from a major scale. You probably know the major scale of do re mi or can sing it.
Gm7 means G minor 7th, which is built on the same principle: the root, the third, the fifth, and the seventh of the _minor_ scale. The minor scale is a little differnet than the major, so the the third and seventh are each one half step (1 fret) lower than the correspondong Gmaj7 chord.
G7 is called a dominant chord or a seventh chord, and it's built this way: Root, third, fifth of major scale, plus seventh of minor scale. It's a distinctive chord that is usually paired with the "tonic" or main chord of the song. For example, G7 goes with C, B7 goes with E, A7 goes with D.
If you want to learn this stuff, and you should, you can do a search on google for music theory and can learn the basics in a few hours.
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