Modal RunsCmM7 Chord (Minor-Major 7th)
Minor-major 7th keeps the minor 3rd but raises the 7th to major — root, flat 3rd, 5th, major 7th — combining dark and bright in one chord. The notes of CmM7 are C, D#, G, B.
The classic "spy movie" or Bond-theme chord: minor’s gravity with major 7’s shimmer clashing on purpose.
CmM7 voicings on guitar
Every playable, root-in-the-bass grip standard tuning offers, computed from the chord’s own formula — not a fixed shape library.
Hold it and listen for both halves at once — the flat 3rd pulling down, the natural 7th pulling up — rather than resolving the tension away.
Formula and intervals
R - b3 - 5 - 7 — 4 notes.
Scales that fit CmM7
Every scale below contains all of this chord’s notes — safe territory to improvise in over it.
Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Hungarian Minor