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A friend of mine took one lesson with Ben Monder and one "small" suggestion he made

to get started was to learn all the 7ths in the following inversions. (see
attachment for inversions)
Ma7--------1 3 5 7
7th---------1 3 5 b7
ma7+------1 3 #5 7
7+---------1 3 #5 b7
ma7b5-----1 3 b5 7
7b5--------1 3 b5 b7
mMa7-----1 b3 5 7
m7--------1 b3 5 b7
m7#5-----1 b3 #5 b7
dimMa7---1 b3 b5 7
halfdim---1 b3 b5 b7
dim-------1 b3 b5 bb7 (6)
Ma7sus---1 4 5 7
7thsus----1 4 5 b7

This is my list of 7ths but it's very close to what Monder recommended.
I believe that he also included Ma6 1 3 5 6 and m6 1 b3 5 6. Since they are
enharmonic with m7 and halfdim respectively I don't practice them seperately.
I also included triad inversions on my chart.

Ma------1 3 5
m-------1 b3 5
Aug-----1 3 #5
Dim-----1 b3 b5
Mab5 and Sus are not traditionally considered triads but 7th chords are built from
these 3 note structures. I use the phrase prefix to name these but it is my
personal language and probably not understood by anyone outside of myself and a few
Brooklyn friends.
Mab5---1 3 b5
Sus-----1 4 5

This of course doesn't include 9ths, 11ths, 13ths and combinations thereof.
Those can be accessed in some of the following ways.

1. Look at what tones are playable on the unused strings and add them to these
structures.

2. Move a 7th chord tone to a neighbor tone extension


Root goes up to 9th or down to 7th
3 goes up to 4 (11) or down to 9
5 goes up to 6 (13) or down to 4 (11)
7 goes up to 8 or down to 6 (13)

3. Super imposition. Learn the multitude of functions that an individual structure


can sonically represent.
Ex. C E G B
CMa7---1 3 5 7
Am9---b3 5 b7 9
FMa9#11---5 7 9 #11
D13sus---b7 9 11 13

If you are inclined to be thorough then just analyze the structure in relation to
each note of the chromatic scale from a perspective of major, minor or dominant.

the 7th inversions that start out 1 5 7 3 and 1 7 3 5 are the most common and
finger friendly through most of the 7ths. For me when I meet a chord that I can't
play then I play it arp style or in diads.

It's alot of material and not everyone requires this level of chord knowledge and
this was just a Ben Monder starting assignment. Anyway I just thought I would throw
this small mountain into the mix.

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