
Chords Notes
Dm7 F Gm A7
Dm7:
D F A C
F:
F A C
Gm:
G Bb D
A7:
A C# E G
A Bb C C# D F G
Dm7 Analysis
D F A C in Dmin Scale
D root
F minor 3rd
A 5th
C minor 7th
D F A C in Cmaj Scale
C root
D major 2nd
F 4th
A major 6th
A C D F in Amin
A root
C minor 3rd
D 4th
F minor 6th
The analysis of Dm7 reduced the potential keys to 3, C, Am and Dm where C and Am are interchangeable, so basically C major or Dmin.
F Analysis
F A C
Diatonically in:
Cmaj/Amin
Fmaj
Dmin
Gm Analysis
G Bb D
Gmin
Dmin
Fmaj
Bb maj
A7 Analysis
A C# E G
Dmaj
(Dmin)
Result
All 4 Chords have Dmin in common
Taking Dmin as the tonal center now:
D E F G A Bb C
So it is a i–III–iv–V7 progression.
Further refining.
♭III, because F is a minor 3rd of the D minor.
V⁷, because A major triad's Bb is not naturally in D minor, so we "burrow" the raised 7th, from D harmonic minor .
It stays in D minor, but interprets the last chord as a harmonic one to resolve the the tonic stronger.
| Chord | Mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Dm7 | i m | |
| F | ♭III | |
| Gm | iv m | |
| A7 | V⁷ |
Another way to to look at it is
| Chord | Mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Dm7 | i m | |
| F | ♭III | |
| Gm6 | iv m | |
| A | V⁷ | |
| with an A Mixolydian b9 b13 sound. Sounding very exotic. |