seventh chord
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- noun
- /ˈsɛvənθ kɔrd/
- Specialized
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acorde séptimo
- When learning piano, students are taught to play a seventh chord to enhance their chord progressions.
- dominant seventh chord
- major seventh chord
You can also do those seventh chords over that.
- You can also do those seventh chords over that.
Examples
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Your job is to tell me if I am singing a major tonic or dominant seventh chord function," she says.
Academic text (2004) -
The swing bands used to be all straight tonics, seventh chords.
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You can also do those seventh chords over that.
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I surprised my friends by learning major and minor seventh chords from Josh White albums and spent my savings on a new guitar.
Fiction book (1996) -
One way a teacher introduces a do-to-do scale is to play do on top of a dominant seventh chord.
Academic text (2011) -
The dominant seventh chord in Figure 14 convinces the ear of B-flat major.
Academic text (2011) -
After singing the song, Mrs. Morris sings tonal patterns based on major tonic and dominant seventh chords.
Academic text (2004) -
Students can explore the properties of the concert B-flat major seventh chord, creating patterns that can then be applied to other stacks of notes or chords.
Academic text (1998) -
In jazz music, musicians often use a seventh chord to add richness to their sound.
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The transition from a major chord to a seventh chord creates a sense of tension in the music.
How Complex
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently built from 'seventh' (a musical interval) + 'chord' (notes played together), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a chord that includes a seventh above the root. Although the precise technical structure (a triad plus an added seventh) is specialized musical knowledge, the basic compositional meaning is predictable and cross-linguistically straightforward for learners familiar with the musical senses of the words.
Etymology
Seventh chord is a musical name for a chord, a group of three notes played together, with an added seventh that is one more note above the lowest note. This extra note makes the sound richer and a little unstable, so the seventh chord creates a feeling of 'tension' that wants to move to the next chord.