#major 7th

[blaisespectre]

Made a chord chart for ukulele because the ones I found online didn’t have any flat or sharp chords, except it ONLY had Bb chords for some reason. It is designed to fit on a single piece of printer paper in landscape format, and print in black and white. The top right cluster of letters is the most common tuning, I threw the others on there in case it’s useful. I am a beginner at ukulele and originally just made this for myself but I thought I’d share in case someone might find it useful.

[panda151]

You know how the emos get mad when you play a g note that is the same thing as a major 7th for a music major

[jenslarsenjazz]

Maj7 Chords - 7 Great Solo ideas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwn07YQfIK0&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcG_YgSiib6TzQ1sSupO84zf

Maj7 Chords are one of the most important tonic chord types. This video will show you 7 different ideas that you can use when improvising over Maj7 chords. The concepts I cover are using different arpeggio types, triad pairs and super-imposed pentatonic scales both common and more exotic. Hope you like it!

[thenightlymirror]

What's interesting about these songs changed from a minor key to a major key is that they don't go from sad to happy (like they keep on saying), but from sad to bitter-sweet.

There's just certain choices, I'd say more rhythmic, pentatonic based choices a musician makes that make sense in a minor scale that you usually wouldn't do in a major scale. Mostly involving that whole step from the tonic to the dominant 7th below it. Am I hearing that right? Does that make sense? You wouldn't just flatten a note to the sad, longing, symbolist, emo, Debussyesque major 7th, most of the time.

I mean, I would. Because I like those golden sunset you-can-never-be-happy-all-the-way major 7ths. Easily the greatest note. Or whatever you call it. Can we agree on this? It's the universe's most ironic note. The flatted fifth, the devil's note, is just sort of goofy sounding sometimes. I lacks a certain seriousness. Maybe that's a good thing to you. But, I don't know, it has to be used carefully.

I guess you could say that once you start using the major 7th and a preponderance of whole tones, your music starts to turn into a boring, sentimental mush. I totally see that.

Anyone else find that talking about modes and scales seems to always have an analog in the visual arts, or any abstract expression. Our ways of breaking down music are so mathematically precise. Color palettes and hormonal emotional relationships seem like they should be a few equations away. But it is not so clear.

[fpodbpod-blog]

this is the first self-produced fpodbpod music video. everything in this was done using photobooth and imovie. expect more gems like this soon!

[axeofcreation-blog]

Chord of the Week

Let's start this series off by talking about one of my favorite chords; the Major 7th chord. I've placed this chord in First Position and in the Key of C. You have a Vertical and Horizontal view of the chord. Notice the Tension between the 2nd and 3rd strings, more specifically the Root and 7th. Great chord for those who are not used to applying dissonance to beget emotion. Experiment by using open strings and shifting positions.