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Which scales on a minor-major seventh chord?

The minor-major seventh chord (minor third, major seventh) is the sound of the tonic minor i. Melodic minor is its parent scale.

CmMaj7 = C · Eb · G · B

guide tones (3rd & 7th) avoid

The core scale

melodic minor — bright minor-major

Minor third but major sixth and seventh: a minor pulled upward, dark and bright at once, the sound of minMaj7. The parent of a whole jazz family and a go-to color on a minor you want to feel modern and rising.

1 more colors on a CmMaj7

Beyond the safe scale, the minor-major seventh chord takes 1 more, from the gentlest to the most tense (Aebersold order):

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