OK, you guys are double teaming me... smirk but I love it! Thanks for putting me in my place. There is no shame in my music game.
Ya, I was pretty focused on the Eb Major scale and did some of the math in my head.

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Mario: The bass notes would not clash with the chords as they are in the chords, thus it would have nothing to do with the scale, i.e. CmMaj7 = C-Eb-G-B and Cm7 = C-Eb-G-Bb .

Also Cm6/A = C-Eb-G-A so how do you get a Cm69 (C-Eb-A-D) out of it?

CmMaj7 = C-Eb-G-B <-- Yes, and one of the bass notes in the progession is a B which is not in the Eb major scale. On review I now recognize the error of my ways. The mM chord is not in any major or natural minor scale. Just as this chord progression is based on a different scale than the Major or natural minor. My bad.

Second - Again,it is a Cm69 based on the notes, Root - C, Eb is the flat 3rd, A is the 6th, in the sheet music the G is omitted which leaves us with D which is the 9th - hence Cm69. That is how I got it. How correct I am still needs to be determined.

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Noel: In the key of C minor, B and A are melodic tones.

Bingo, this is obviously an important point I missed. I will do better next time.

Thanks for keeping me honest. And by the way, this certainly is one of the most beautiful sounds ever written. I am glad we could look closer at this together. grin

Dan

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