Component intervals from root | |
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major seventh | |
perfect fifth | |
minor third | |
root | |
Tuning | |
40:48:60:75 | |
Forte no. / | |
4-19 / |
A minor major seventh chord, or minor/major seventh chord (also known as the Hitchcock Chord) is a seventh chord composed of a root, minor third, perfect fifth, and major seventh (1, ♭3, 5, and 7). It can be viewed as a minor triad with an additional major seventh. When using popular-music symbols, it is denoted by e.g. m(M7). For example, the minor major seventh chord built on A, written as e.g. Am(M7), has pitches A-C-E-G♯:
The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 3, 7, 11}.