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7th Chords and Their Inversions
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Seventh Chords
Qualities, Chord Function, and Construction
Seventh Chords
Come in four varieties:
- Dominant (Major) Seventh
- Minor Seventh
- Half-diminished Seventh
- (Fully) Diminished Seventh
Seventh Chord
Qualities
Chords within a Key
one of the great things about working within a key is that the chord quality stays consistent based on the scale degree you're building your chords on.
Chord Qualities in the Major Mode
Sevenths in the Minor Scale
Because of the different versions of the minor scale, there are three sets of naturally occurring seventh chords for each of the scales
Chord Qualities in the Minor Mode
Melodic Minor
Melodic
Minor
Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic
Minor
Natural Minor Scale
Natural
Minor
Inversions of Sevenths
Because of the four different qualities of seventh chords, they also come with four different inversions, which are all notated with figured bass
Inversions
of
Sevenths
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