Seventh Chords

Vocabulary

In major keys: seventh chords built on scale degrees 1 and 4 are major triads with a major seventh seventh chords built on scale degrees 2, 3, and 6 are minor triads with a minor seventh seventh chord built on scale degree 5 is a major triad with a minor seventh (dominant seventh) seventh chord built on scale degree 7 is a diminished triad and a minor seventh

Identifying Isolated Seventh Chords Stack in thirds and identify the root Determine the quality of the lower triad Determine the quality of the seventh (the interval between the root and the highest note, when stacked in thirds) Triad Type Seventh Type Full Name Common Name Abbreviation major triad major seventh Major-major seventh MM7 minor seventh Major-minor seventh dominant seventh Mm7 minor triad minor-minor seventh mm7 diminished triad diminished minor seventh half-diminished seventh diminished seventh diminished-diminished seventh fully-diminished seventh

Seventh Chords in Inversion

Diatonic Seventh Chords in minor keys

Seventh Chords in Popular Music

Chords in Arpeggiation

Alberti Bass Contour: Low-Up-Down-Up