Fm7?

[Sonorous]

What is this chord? F major 7th? F minor 7th? What does that mean?

I can figure out what notes are in a major and a minor chord, but what does the 7 mean?

 

[Lyle Caldwell]

F minor 7

F Ab C Eb

(edited to minimize confusion)

 

[Jace The Bass]

The chord is a F minor 7
The 7 is the seventh note of the chord this case ( Eb )

 

[Blackbird]

F minor 7

F A C Eb

I'd call that an F7, as the minor seventh is implied.

I think it's F Ab C Eb., especially if the following chord is a Bb7 resolving to an Eb.

 

[Lyle Caldwell]

Absolutely correct. A very unfortunate typo on my part.

F Ab C Eb

 

[Dynna]

I can figure out what notes are in a major and a minor chord, but what does the 7 mean?

In the case of a minor chord(m7), you use a flat 7(in F that's Eb). With a major seven chord(M7) you use the natural 7(in F that's E). With a seventh chord(F7, or dom7), it's a major chord, but with a flat seven.

 

[Sonorous]

Cool. Thanks guys, I've got it now.

 

[geoffkhan]

Get all that classical music theory out of your system.

 

[Blackbird]

Get all that classical music theory out of your system.

And replace it with what?

 

[LowEndLobster]

And replace it with what?

Cookies or furniture.

 

[jenderfazz]

Hmm, I figured the flat 7 was implied since it's a minor scale. Does putting it there have to do with the chord, and what notes should be accentuated by them or something? Or does minor only imply the 3 and the 7 must be marked separately?

 

[Jazzin']

I'd call that an F7, as the minor seventh is implied.

I think it's F Ab C Eb., especially if the following chord is a Bb7 resolving to an Eb.

exactly, Fm7 has the Ab, F7 has an A(Natural). The difference between those 2 chords is only the 3rd.

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

Get all that classical music theory out of your system.

Actually, I'd never seen anybody write Fm7 in classical theory - although it comes up very frequently in Jazz!!

 

[dlloyd]

Hmm, I figured the flat 7 was implied since it's a minor scale. Does putting it there have to do with the chord, and what notes should be accentuated by them or something? Or does minor only imply the 3 and the 7 must be marked separately?

If it says m7, it means a minor 3rd and a minor (flat) 7.

The 7 is only marked separately if it's a major (natural) 7. In which case the chord would have been Fm maj7.

 

[Sonorous]

Actually, I'd never seen anybody write Fm7 in classical theory - although it comes up very frequently in Jazz!!

I needed to know so I could figure some stuff out on the Santana song "Europa"