As the name implies, it is primarily used in jazz[citation needed], although it may be found in other types of music as well.
[2] It can also be derived from the diatonic Dorian mode with a major seventh.
Thus, the jazz minor scale can be represented by the following notation: The intervals between the notes of the jazz minor scale follow the sequence below: The scale may be considered to originate in the use of extensions beginning with the seventh in jazz and thus the necessity to, "chromatically raise the diatonic 7th to create a stable, tonic sound," rather than use a minor seventh chord, associated with ii, for tonic.
The seventh chords built on each scale degree follow a distinct pattern.
Each mode of the jazz minor scale features different intervals of notes from the tonic according to the table below, which is arranged in order of brightness.