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The major seventh chord, sometimes also called a Delta chord, can be written as maj 7, M 7, Δ, ⑦, etc. The "7" does not have to be superscripted, but if it is, then any alterations, added tones, or omissions are usually also superscripted. For example, the major seventh chord built on C, commonly written as Cmaj 7, has pitches C–E–G–B:
Dominant seventh chords are often built on the fifth scale degree (or dominant) of a key. For instance, in the C major scale, G is the fifth note of the scale, and the seventh chord built on G is the dominant seventh chord, G 7 (shown above). In this chord, F is a minor seventh above G.
Five of the most common seventh chord, all built on C: major (C Δ7), dominant (C 7), minor (C– 7), half-diminished (C ø 7), and diminished (C o 7) A seventh chord is a triad with a seventh . The seventh is either a major seventh [M7] above the root, a minor seventh [m7] above the root (flatted 7th), or a diminished seventh [d7] above the ...
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. A minor seventh chord contains the same notes as an added sixth chord. For example, C–E ♭ –G–B ♭ can function as both a C minor seventh and an E ♭ added sixth ...
Put another way, it is the key whose tonic is the dominant scale degree in the main key. [8] If, for example, a piece is written in the key of C major, then the tonic key is C major and the dominant key is G major since G is the dominant note in C major. [9] "Essentially, there are two harmonic directions: toward I and toward V.
The dominant 7 ♯ 11 or Lydian dominant (C 7 ♯ 11) comprises the notes: . r, 3, (5), ♭ 7, (9), ♯ 11, (13) (Note that in jazz lead sheet notation, upper extensions (intervals beyond the 7th) aren't named unless they are altered; alternatively, when including the 9th and 13th this chord could be called a C 13 ♯ 11.)
Harmonic minor contains seven types of seventh chords: a minor major seventh chord (i m(maj7)), a half-diminished seventh chord (ii m7(−5)), an augmented major seventh chord (III aug(maj7)), a minor seventh chord (iv m7), a dominant seventh chord (V 7), a major seventh chord (VI maj7), and a diminished seventh chord (vii dim7).
For example, while a classical piece and a swing arrangement might use the following chord sequence in the key of C major: "C – Am – Dm – G 7", a bebop bandleader might reharmonize the same progression as "C 7 – A 7 – D 7 – G 7", making a sequence of dominant seventh chords, so long as the new dominant chord harmonies were ...