Minor Seventh: Bass Chord Arpeggios

Video Transcript

"OK, continuing with our seven style arpeggios with the seventh scale degree involved in the chord, we can do minor 7 arpeggios. First, let's look at the dominant 7 that we just discussed, say for C. We have C, we had the third, E, fifth G and we had a flat 7 playing B flat. Well, our minor 7 arpeggio is going to be like a minor triad with this flat seventh on top of it. So, we start with our first finger playing C, then our flat 3rd, E flat, G with our 3rd finger, then B flat with our 1st. You can add the octave in if it helps you with the sound of it. OK, this is a movable structure. For E we have E, G, B, D, E, D, B, G, E. OK? This can often be applied to the, it can be applied to any minor chord but you often see it applied to the two. The two seven will usually want to lead to a dominant five. Which in turn wants to lead back to the major 7th of the one chord. OK? So practice your minor 7th chords and arpeggio form."