Mrthdrb

Looking for possible resolutions to a imaj7.

Theoretical or not - shoot!

Out-of-the-ordinary resolutions are needed (I already know the theory behind it, using possible modes and all ).

Looking forward to discussing some resolutions.

one resolution to that I found was from ♭vii7.

A minmaj7 chord can be the first degree (with the 7th) from the harmonic minor scale. So using progressions from that scale, you can have resolutions on minmaj7.

Here is a simple V-i:

Basically, since you are not looking only for theoretical answers, anything that sounds good to you works.

Also, if you are on any minor scale, on a V-i resolution, you can easily continue playing the leading tone (like I did on the example) and it would be a minmaj7 chord.

resolving to i min maj7 isn't a classical style resolution since you're keeping the leading tone present, but strong examples are from V7 with extensions like b9,#9, or its tritone sub bII(dom)7

Note: "imaj7" in my answer means Am(maj7) in the key of A minor or the equivalent in other keys (the lowercase "i" covers the minor in mmaj7).

Here are some voicings that sound cool (IMO, obviously).

Ⅴ-♮ⅵ°-♮ⅶ°-ⅰmaj7 (G minor)

X:1
L:1/8
M:C
K:Gm
%%score T1 B
V:T1 clef=treble
V:B clef=bass
% 1
[V:T1] [^FAd]2 [GB=e][Ac^f] [GBdf]4
[V:B] D,2 =E,^F, G,4

ⅱ°7-ⅰmaj7 (E minor)

X:1
L:1/2
M:C
K:Em
%%score T1 B
V:T1 clef=treble
V:B clef=bass
% 1
[V:T1] [FAc_e][B,^dg]
[V:B] F, E,

♭Ⅱ7-ⅰmaj7 (F♯ minor)

X:1
L:1/2
M:C
K:F#m
%%score T1 B
V:T1 clef=treble
V:B clef=bass
% 1
[V:T1] ([=Fd] [Fc])
[V:B] [=G,,B,] [F,,A,]

♭Ⅴ9sus-ⅰmaj7 (personal favorite!) (A minor)

X:1
L:1/2
M:C
K:Am
%%score T1 B
V:T1 clef=treble
V:B clef=bass
% 1
[V:T1] [_Bf_a] [Ae^g]
[V:B] [_E,_D] [=E,C]

A lot of these voicings involve enharmonic respellings of the natural seventh degree.