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Why Is It Called The Hitchcock Chord? [Solved]

That minor-major seventh chord has earned itself the nickname “The Hitchcock Chord” ‘cause Bernard Hermann used it in the classic movie Psycho. It’s made up of a minor triad plus a major seventh, and you can find it naturally on the tonic scale degree in harmonic minor scales.