Working With Seventh Chords

April 29, 2010 at 9:00 am by Thomas Evdokimoff

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Once we are reasonably comfortable with intervals and triads, we can start to work on seventh chords. You may recall that a seventh chord is a triad with an added seventh above the root. The most common seventh chord in western music is the dominant seventh chord.

Dominant Seventh Chords

In C major the dominant seventh pitches are G B D F, G to F being the seventh:

Dominant Seventh Chord

Dominant Seventh Chord

1. Dominant Seventh Chord

This chord is a major triad built on V with a minor seventh above the root. Its solfege is so ti re fa. First we will learn how to sing it. Click to read the rest…

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