Lesson 9

 Jonelle Cunningham

Seventh Chords

• A Seventh Chord can be defined as a triad made up of a root, a third, a fifth, and seventh counting from the root.
• Types of 7th Chords include dominant seventh, major seventh chord, minor seventh Chord,half diminished seventh chord, diminished seventh chord to name a few examples.
• each 7th is determined by finding out what the triad is first, then the 7th, for example a dominnat 7th consists of a major triad and minor 7th
• dominant 7ths will resolve to the 1 degree of scale
• These chords serve as dominant major key

The picture above explains each diffrent type of seventh Chord and how they are made based on the triad and 7th interval away from root

seventh chord examples - Google Search

Examples to show what seventh chords look like in  stacked form

I learned from this  previous video that seventh chords are important because they provide a richer and fuller sound as compared to a regular triad. Very helpful video.

This video was usful as it used examples and had an eyecathing video title 

This is me demonstrating seventh Chords on my instrument