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	Seventh chord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Called the Dominant Seventh because its intervallic relationships occur naturally in the seventh chord built on the dominant scale degree of a given key (e.g., G7 in the key of C major), the dominant seventh chord was the first to begin to appear regularly in Western music.
		The dominant seventh chord is useful to composers because it is a major chord with a very strong sound, that also includes a tritone between the third and seventh of the chord.
		While the dominant seventh chord is typically built on the fifth (or dominant) degree of a major scale, the minor seventh chord is built on the second, third, or sixth degree.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seventh_chord (805 words)

	Major seventh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The prefix 'major' identifies it as being the larger of the two (by one chromatic semitone); its smaller counterpart being a minor seventh.
		The major seventh is abbreviated as M7 and its inversion is the minor second.
		The major seventh is considered one of the most dissonant intervals after its inversion the minor second.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Major_seventh (214 words)

	Seventh chord
		The seventh chord built on the dominant of a major or harmonic minor scale is a major/minor seventh.
		Called the Dominant Seventh because its intervallic relationships occur naturally in the seventh chord built on the dominant scale degree of a given key, the dominant seventh chord was the first to begin to appear regularly in Western music.
		Major seventh chords are usually constructed on the first or fourth degree of a scale, (in F major: C-E-G-B).
	www.mp3.fm /Seventh_chord.htm (724 words)

	Seventh chords
		According to this nomenclature, the seventh chords built on the I and on the IV in a major key (C-E-G-B and F-A-C-E in C major) are major-major seventh chords.
		Diminished seventh chords: The seventh chord built on vii (B-D-F-A in C major) in a major key is a half diminished seventh.
		A fully diminished seventh chord consists of all minor thirds, and is diatonic in a minor key, built on the raised seventh scale degree, as in the harmonic minor scale.
	musictheoryresources.com /FA_seventh_chords.htm (537 words)

	Theory 4
		The major seventh chord is a major triad with a major seventh.
		The minor seventh chord is a minor triad with a minor seventh.
		The dominant seventh chord is a major triad with a minor seventh.
	www.saxlessons.com /theory4.htm (78 words)

	Beyond Triads: Naming Other Chords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For example, the "4" in Csus4 is the 4th note in a C (major or minor) scale, and the "minor 7th" in Dm7 is the 7th note in a D minor scale.
		Major sevenths, minor sevenths, and diminished sevenths each have a couple of common labels.
		Listen to the differences between the C seventh, C major seventh, C minor seventh, and C diminished seventh.
	cnx.org /content/m11995/latest (1358 words)

	Seventh Chords
		A seventh chord is a group of four notes which are related by thirds.
		Seventh chords are similar to triads but with a fourth note a third above the fifth.
		The second measure has a D minor-minor seventh chord with the seventh in the bass and the third measure contains a G major-minor seventh chord with the third in the bass.
	www.alcorn.edu /musictheory/Version2/theory1/seventh.htm (355 words)

	Chord Notation
		The C means that a C major triad is to accompany the words below it and the G7 means that a G major-minor seventh chord is to accompany the words below it.
		For a diminished-minor seventh chord a slash is often drawn through the "o" or the symbol "b5" will follow the 7.
		In this example the guitarist strums an A minor-minor seventh chord, a D major-minor seventh chord, a G major-major seventh chord, and a C major-major seventh chord.
	www.alcorn.edu /musictheory/Version2/theory1/Chord1.htm (671 words)

	Guitar Page
		Major minor major ninth chord - A ninth chord consisting of a major triad, minor seventh, and major ninth, a dominant ninth chord in a major key.
		Major scale - A scale that consists of the following half and whole step pattern: W W H W W W H. Major seventh chord - A seventh chord consisting of a major triad plus a major seventh.
		Major triad - A chord consisting of a major third and a superimposed minor third.
	groups.msn.com /GuitarPage/musicdefinitionsmz.msnw (1758 words)

	Seventh Chords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This chord is called seventh chord because a seventh interval is formed in relation to the root.
		Seventh chords may be built on each of the degrees of major and minor scales.
		Seventh chords may be identified by analyzing the triad and the seventh interval forming the chord.
	www.teoria.com /reference/chords/08.htm (75 words)

	Cazoo Music Den
		Characteristic interval of this chord is the augmented 5th between the minor third (!b) and the major seventh (#f).
		It is a diminished triad with a diminished seventh.
		The third inversion (seventh in bass) consists of a 2nd, a 4th and a 6th and is notated as "2".
	www.cazoo.org /music/chords.html (1570 words)

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		A major pentatonic scale can be created by leaving out the 4th and 7th notes of a major scale, or similarly by leaving out the 2nd and 6th notes of a natural minor scale to form a minor pentatonic scale.
		Sevenths are four note chords, and get their name from the interval between the root and the top fourth note, which again is usually a third above the highest triad note.
		A major seventh is a major triad with a major seventh above the root, and the diminished seventh is a diminished triad with a double flatted seventh above the root.
	www.maths.tcd.ie /~gfoster/Guitar/GuitarInstruction/guitar.txt (7996 words)

	gamba_seventh_chords_Major
		These seventh chords are derived by using the “chord construction in thirds” technique discussed on the chord construction page.
		Due the the similarities (shared genes) of relative Major and minor scales, the seventh chords of the (relative) natural minor scale are basically identical to those of Major.
		In the key of C Major that means “vi 7” (A minor 7) is “i 7” of the key of A natural minor.
	www.thecipher.com /gamba_seventh_chords_major.html (408 words)

	Music Theory/Chords - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		If we compare the key of C major to the C major chord using the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, to represent the scale degrees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the C major chord is constructed from the notes do, mi, and sol.
		By observing that 2nds, 3rds, 6ths and 7ths are always either major or minor and 4ths and 5ths are always perfect, augmented (raised) or diminished (lowered) it becomes evident that major chords have a major 3rd, minor chords have a minor third, et cetera.
		The Neapolitan chord, for example, is an ordinary major chord, but its root is the lowered supertonic of the corresponding key, so the the Neapolitan of C major is a Db major chord.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Music:Chords (1268 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Chords in Detail
		The first and fourth are major seventh chords (also called 'Delta chords' or Δ chords'), the second, third and sixth are minor seventh chords, the fifth is a dominant seventh chord while the last, the seventh, is called a minor seventh flat five chord.
		This allows you to add further major intervals to a major chord as, for example, Cma7, which means a C major chord with a major 7th - the 'ma' used as a qualifier for the '7' and not for the 'C' where it is understood.
		Thus, a major thirteenth chord will be a major seventh chord plus a ninth and a thirteenth, while a dominant ninth is a dominant seventh chord plus a ninth.
	www.dolmetsch.com /musictheory17.htm (2483 words)

	The Dominant Seventh
		E is the third, or third note in the C major scale, and G is the fifth, or fifth note in the C major scale.
		The root, third, and fifth all come from the major scale, but the seventh is flatted, or one fret lower than the major seventh.
		The fingering is the same as for C major, with the ring finger on the third fret A string, the middle finger on the second fret D string, and the index finger on the first fret B string.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/guitar_101/63151 (403 words)

	Chris
		In jazz, chords are usually seventh chords, so you add the seventh too, to make a C major seventh, or Cmaj7: c e g b.
		Well, in a major chord, the distance between the first note and the next note (c and e in a C chord) is two whole steps or five piano keys (look at the piano; whole step is two piano keys).
		Notice in the key of C there are two major seventh chords, three minor seventh chords, one dominant seventh chord, and one half-diminished chord (min7 with flat 5).
	www.psych.nmsu.edu /~jkroger/jazz/forChris.htm (2064 words)

	Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory: Seventh Chords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For example, your basic E chord consists of E, G#, and B. If you add a minor seventh to an E (the minor seventh of E is D), you have an E7 chord.
		Major seventh chords are similar to normal seventh chords except they contain a major seventh (five whole steps and one half step) instead of a minor seventh.
		It may be easier to think about a major seventh being one half step below an octave: the major seventh of A is G#, and the major seventh of G is F#.
	scenicnewengland.net /guitar/chords/seventh.htm (417 words)

	Sonic Glossary: Seventh
		The minor seventh is still dissonant when played simultaneously [Example 5], but the dissonance is not quite so intense as that of the major seventh.
		This increases the distance from a sixth to a seventh - a dissonant interval.
		Note: Having learned about the seventh, you may want also to consult the definition of the Second, since the second is closely related to the seventh (they are in fact the inverse of one another), and the two behave quite similarly.
	www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/draft/paul/sonic/seventh.html (899 words)

	Basic Jazz Harmony
		The notes of a C major seventh chord are C E G B. Firstly, Look for the root and the fifth, here they are: C and G, the interval between them is a perfect fifth, a very stable and pleasant interval for our ears.
		For a C minor seventh chord (C Eb G Bb) the intervals between the root and fifth and the third and seventh are also perfect fifths so it is also a stable chord.
		The Two chord is always a minor seventh, the Five is a dominant seventh and the One is a major seventh chord.
	www.angelfire.com /jazz/beeflat79/Basic.htm (1279 words)

	Chords
		Seventh chords built upon augmented triads are extremely rare, as are minor triads with a major seventh and major or minor triads with diminished sevenths.
		In this method, the roman numeral is upper case for major (and augmented chords), lower case for minor, and lower case plus the small superscript "o" for diminished triads.
		This method also uses a "7" to indicate seventh chords but does not need to specify the type of seventh, since it is assumed that the seventh will be whatever pitch class would normally occur within that key.
	www.smu.edu /totw/chords.htm (717 words)

	Music Theory: Basic Theory: Seventh Chords
		The dominant seventh is the most important seventh chord in classical harmony as well as jazz.
		If a major triad has a major third appended to it, the resulting chord is called a major seventh chord.
		Seventh chords based on augmented triads are rare in both classical and jazz harmony and are not discussed here, although they will be mentioned in the section on chord alterations.
	www.outsideshore.com /school/music/almanac/html/Music_Theory/Basic_Theory/Seventh_Chords.htm (647 words)

	Cazoo Music Den
		If we build the seventh on the fifth degree of the scale then we get a dominant seventh chord (that's why this kind of seventh is called dominant) (in C major the G7 : g b d f) and is noted as V7.
		In C major, F is the dominant and Bb is the double dominant.
		The seventh in the fifth degree is a minor seventh.
	www.cazoo.org /music/harmony.html (2190 words)

	Improvise - Playing chords on the bass No 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Playing seventh chords is where it starts to get more interesting because you have a bit more chord to work with and can start really getting a feel for the sound of the chord.
		Try playing up the C major scale to the octave using the one finger per fret range, as per the finger position articles, then when you get to the octave take your fourth finger off and hopefully it should feel quite natural to play back down the chord.
		This time it is an F major seventh chord (FMA7) using the Root note, played with your first finger, the 7th, played with your second finger and the 3rd, played with your third finger.
	www.improvise.com.au /article.asp?articleID=17 (808 words)

	Seventh Chords Subdrills RM1
		The three subdrills of the Seventh Chords drill are Diatonic Chords, Random Roots, and Common Tone Chords.
		Diatonic chords are chords built from the notes belonging to the major or harmonic minor scale that defines a key.
		In third inversion, the seventh is always the lowest pitch in the chord.
	www.mibac.com /ml2/RM/frames/rm1/SeventhChordsSubdrills-RM1.html (454 words)

	Lessons
		C major is the easiest scale to learn since the names of it's notes are just letters in the alphabet and there are no sharps or flats.
		C major chord has notes C, E and G and is written as C. A minor chord is just a major chord with a b3, so its notes are 1,b3 and 5.
		A minor seventh flat 5 chord is a minor seventh chord with a b5, so it's notes are 1, b3, b5, and b7.
	www.justjazz.com /Lessons/lessons.html (1440 words)

	Most well-known songs based around a major seven chord?
		The seventh is present melodically all the time in pop music (and is, of course, one of the notes in the V chord).
		The seventh of the scale wouldn't necessarily be played, but if it were it would have been a major 7th: so the major 7 is sort of implied, even if not played.
		Jazz improvisors tend not to distinguish too much between tonic chords where the implied harmony is a major scale: the tonic chord might be played as a major triad, or a major 6 or major 7 chord, or a major 9 or whatever - jazz musicians tend to regard these as more or less interchangeable.
	ilx.wh3rd.net /thread.php?msgid=6365831 (3029 words)

	JRC: Jazz Theory: Chord Symbols
		The minor major seventh chord consists of a minor triad with a major seventh.
		The sixth chord consists of a major triad with a major sixth.
		The major seventh chord consists of a major triad with a major seventh.
	www.jazzcenter.org /cw-jrc/chords.htm (831 words)

	Tom Pankhurst's TonalityGUIDE (pilot project) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		To understand the reason why the seventh is sharpened, you have to look beyond a theoretical discussion of scales and triads to the sorts of chord progressions on which the rest of this reference guide concentrates.
		As a result, chord V in perfect cadences is invariably a major triad so that the seventh degree rises by semitone to the tonic.
		Because the sharpened seventh degree of the scale is said to 'lead' more finally to the tonic, it is often called the leading note.
	www.tonalityguide.com /thchordmajor2.php (549 words)

	Harmonizing the major scale, pt.2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Recall also that we determined the chords built off the 7 notes in the major scale (in order) are: major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished.
		Note that both the major seventh chord and the dominant seventh chord contain the major triad (major chord) within them (from the root note), but they have different sevenths.
		C major seventh - D minor seventh - E minor seventh - F major seventh - G dominant seventh - A minor seventh - B half-diminished seventh.
	members.aol.com /snglstring2/chords/harm7.html (1225 words)

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