96 Permutations of Minor 6th Chord

Each arpeggio also has common chords that it can be superimposed over, based on chord tones and available tensions. There would be many more chords listed here, if you added in possible key centers where the seventh chord contained avoid notes, but for clarity’s sake, only chords where the seventh chord would have no avoid notes are included. (To understand the relationships of chord tones, tensions and avoid notes please see “Adden- dum E”.) I recommend that you sing through the various permutations, as well as play along and improvise with the seventh chord over the chords listed below. Using the Jam Tracks Volume One or Volume Three would also be a good way to apply each arpeggio to the chords listed below:

C-7 Db°7 D7sus4 Eb7 E°7 F7 Gb7 G°7 A-7b5 Bb°7 B7 C-6 Db∆7#5 Eb∆7#5 F7sus4 G-7b5 A7 Bb-∆7 B7sus4 C-∆7 Eb∆7 G7sus4 C7 Eb6 C7sus4 Eb∆7#11

There are two chord types that have the same notes as their corresponding, or complimentary chords. Those would be a Major 6th chord, which is the same as a Minor 7th chord. For instance a C6 chord has the note C, E, G, A as does an A minor chord A, C, E, G. Also a C-6 has the same notes as an A-7b5 therefore both chords are just inversions of their complimentary chord.

Practice Recommendation

First congratulations on completing the 13 chord types!

As you can see from the practice recommendations there are many ways to apply these 13 arpeggios. A Minor 6th arpeggio is commonly used as a replacement for a “One Minor” chord. This is mostly true in a jazz situation because frequently the “6th” is too strong of a sound for rock and pop situations. At least this is true at the time of this writing.

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