Neighbours of Cm6

Every chord one voice of Cm6 reaches by a semitone or a whole tone, on C and so for every root: the voice that steps, the notes that result, and what they spell.

Cm6 holds C Eb G A. 8 chords are one semitone away and 6 chords are one whole tone away; 11 of them spell a chord type and 5 realise a transform a source names.

One semitone away

Every chord one voice away from Cm6 by one semitone
Voice Steps to Notes Spells Named transform
C B, -1 B Eb G A Baug7 none named
C C#, +1 C# Eb G A Eb7b5, A7b5 none named
Eb D, -1 C D G A C6sus2, D7sus4 none named
Eb E, +1 C E G A C6, Am7 P23 — Cannas & Andreatta
G Gb, -1 C Eb Gb A Cdim7, Ebdim7, F#dim7, Adim7 P35 (also R35, R53, RR35) — Cannas & Andreatta
G G#, +1 C Eb G# A no chord type none named
A Ab, -1 C Eb G Ab Abmaj7 Q43 — Cannas & Andreatta
A A#, +1 C Eb G A# Eb6, Cm7 R23 — Cannas & Andreatta

One whole tone away

Every chord one voice away from Cm6 by one whole tone
Voice Steps to Notes Spells Named transform
C Bb, -2 Bb Eb G A no chord type none named
C D, +2 D Eb G A Ebmaj7b5 none named
Eb Db, -2 C Db G A no chord type none named
Eb F, +2 C F G A Fadd9, Am7#5, C6sus4 none named
G F, -2 C Eb F A F7 L13 — Cannas & Andreatta
A B, +2 C Eb G B Cm(maj7) none named

Transform names: A Generalized Dual of the Tonnetz for Seventh Chords: Mathematical, Computational and Compositional Aspects, Sonia Cannas and Moreno Andreatta.

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