![]() ![]() ![]() Its main quality is that it has the tritone interval of the scale in the chord which is why it resolves perfectly to the tonic major chord.įor C major the tritone interval is B-F which are the major third and flat seven of the G7 chord. Both the 1st (tonic) and 4th (subdominant) degrees build major 7th chords.Īs a result, the 7th chord built on the 5th scale degree (the “dominant”) of any major scale is referred to as a dominant 7th chord. The 1st, 4th, and 5th scale degrees all build major triads, but only the 5th scale degree has a minor seventh interval for its 7th chord. Here are those scale degree names for the notes in C major: The major scale has 7 notes that are also referred to as scale degrees and each scale degree has an alternate name. I have 22 open dominant 7 guitar chord shapes focusing on G7, as well as popular song examples that use a dominant 9th, 11th or 13th chord. ![]() That dominant 7th chord quality also exists in the 9th, 11th and 13th chords (extended chords) and for C major those chords are G9, G11, and G13. The G7 guitar chord is the dominant 7th chord from the key of C major and is typically used in a chord progression just before the C major chord in a song. ![]()
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