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a fleeting one just before the chorus of 'Run To You' by Bryan Adams.
Minor Sharp Sixth Chords
The other type of minor sixth chord is formed by adding the sixth of the melodic minor scale (A B C D E F# G#) or
the Dorian mode (A B C D E F# G) to the minor chord. A minor A C E becomes A C E F#. This chord is quite close
to D7 (D F# A C) and a second inversion D7 (A D A C F#) where the open A string is deliberately strummed will
sound similar.
The minor sharp sixth has an angular quality because of the dissonant augmented 4th between C and F#, as is found
in the dominant seventh, but it is not as depressive as the minor sixth. It is slightly easier to find shapes for the