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7th chords are great for spicing up progressions where simple major and minor chords may not have quite enough personality. In this example a basic I–IV–V progression is boosted with major 7th ...

Guitar lessons: You probably already know more than a few major and minor chords – these are made of three notes: the first, third and fifth notes of a scale. Sure, most guitar chords repeat and ...

These chords are based on C, D, E, G and A major shapes, which you probably already know. Those major chords have a ‘happy’ vibe, which is great for bright, upbeat music, but they can at times sound a ...

For example, Emin, F#m and Bbm were considered Minor chords. 7th: A seventh chord has seventh interval in addition to a Major or Minor triad. A Major 7th consists of a Major triad and an additional ...

Besides the usual dominant 7 th chords which are rife through blues and rock (for example, C7: C-E-G-Bb) , often they’d use major-seventh chords (for example, Cmaj7: C-E-G-B). which is the ...

Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 in D major, ‘The Clock’, is in a major key and uses mainly diatonic chords: A dominant seventh is used at the end of the phrase before the first time bar.

When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord. The dominant seventh of a V chord can be shown by the symbol V7 . For example, G7 is made by taking the major triad of G (G - B ...

The major 7th feels much more stable than a dominant 7th, but it moves to the third of the following F major chord so elegantly. Listen too for the poignant hint of the 9th (a D in the C major chord) ...