Chapter 49

The Dominant 7th Chord

Triads & Dominant 7th

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Book2

Unit 12Triads & Dominant 7th

Levelintermediate

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Examples

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dominant 7thV7tension and resolutiontritone within V7

V7 = major triad + minor 7th = [root, root+4, root+7, root+10]

Contains a tritone (between 3rd and 7th) that creates strong pull to resolve

The strongest tension chord — wants to resolve to I

{
  "formula": [
    0,
    4,
    7,
    10
  ],
  "G7_in_C": [
    67,
    71,
    74,
    77
  ]
}

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