Minor
mIntervals · 1 · b3 · 5
Dark, melancholic.
Chord Family
Minor Chords
Minor chords sound darker and more melancholic than major chords. They're built from the root, minor third, and perfect fifth (1-b3-5). The ii, iii, and vi of every major key are minor.
Qualities
Each variant.
Minor 6th
m6Intervals · 1 · b3 · 5 · 6
Smoky, sophisticated; classic jazz minor.
Minor 7th
m7Intervals · 1 · b3 · 5 · b7
Smooth, mellow. The ii in ii-V-I.
Minor-Major 7th
m(maj7)Intervals · 1 · b3 · 5 · 7
Sinister, James Bond-ish. Tonic of harmonic minor.
Minor 9th
m9Intervals · 1 · b3 · 5 · b7 · 9
Smooth, sophisticated; neo-soul staple.
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Jake Dahn
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Jake Dahn builds and maintains chords.lol — a one-person project of interactive chord references, printable PDF charts, and music theory laid out plainly. He's a software engineer and a guitar player who got tired of ad-bloated chord sites, so he built the reference he wanted to use. Every diagram, voicing, and article here is written and checked by him, and all of it is free.