Stacking the intervals of a minor third, then a major third, then a minor third from the root yields which chord?

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Stacking the intervals of a minor third, then a major third, then a minor third from the root yields which chord?

Stacking those intervals builds a 1–b3–5–b7 chord structure. A minor third above the root gives the b3, then a major third above that lands on the perfect fifth, and finally a minor third above the fifth yields the b7. That combination—root, a minor third, a perfect fifth, and a minor seventh—forms a minor seventh chord. For example, if the root is C, you get C, Eb, G, Bb, which is C minor seventh.

Stacking those intervals builds a 1–b3–5–b7 chord structure. A minor third above the root gives the b3, then a major third above that lands on the perfect fifth, and finally a minor third above the fifth yields the b7. That combination—root, a minor third, a perfect fifth, and a minor seventh—forms a minor seventh chord. For example, if the root is C, you get C, Eb, G, Bb, which is C minor seventh.

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