Seventh Chords in Natural Minor Keys

INTRO: As a Bassist, you must eventually play and understand Seventh Chords on your Bass. Here's how they appear in all is Natural Minor Keys:

Seventh Chords in Natural Minor Keys

Here are the seven chords in natural minor keys as seventh chords:

What dictates the seventh chord types is that the 7th note from each chord must be in the natural minor key. 

Therefore:

• The I, iv, and v are minor 7th chords.
• The bIII and the bVI are major 7th chords.
• The bVII is a dominant 7th chord.
• The iio is a half diminished 7th chord.

Seventh Chords in Natural Minor Keys

Playing Seventh Chords in Natural Minor Keys - Arpeggio Style

Here is a chart example of how to play arpeggio forms on each of the seven seventh chords in a natural minor key:

There is an infinite amount of different ways to play arpeggio forms on the seventh chords in a natural minor key (e.g., inversions, notes below the root, different rhythm
combinations, etc.).

Play arpeggio forms on the seven seventh chords in each natural minor key; circle of fifths order.

Note: Each one of the seven seventh chords in a natural minor key could always be altered. Borrowed seventh chords are also used.

Summary: Seventh Chords are just as important as Basic Chords. I would definitely play / memorize and analyze all seven seventh chords in each of the 15 Natural Minor Keys --- without doubt.

John Falstrom