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61.5Hear the contradiction
Minor quality:
E♭.
Major seventh:
B.
So Cm(maj7) contains both:
dark minor 3rd
and:
strong leading tone.
It sounds simultaneously:
settled
and unresolved.
Excellent for cinematic or sophisticated minor harmony.