Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the five most commonly-used seventh chords: major 7, minor 7, diminished 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished 7.
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Category Archive: Chords
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of each of the four triad types: major, minor, diminished, augmented…
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the following intervals: minor 2nd, major 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, tritone, perfect 5th, minor 6th, major 6th, minor 7th, major 7, octave…
Enjoy this super-hip voicing for a Dominant 7 Chord made famous in Benny Golson’s “Killer Joe”…
For a dissonant edgy sound, drop the 5 and play the two definitive tones (3, b7) plus “the #9″…
For an open “fourthy” sound, forget “the 5” and play the two definitive tones (3, b7) plus “the 13″(6)…
For a full, but simple and open sound, voice the Dominant Seventh Chord as a perfect 5th in the left hand and a Tritone of the two definitive tones (3, b7) in the right…
One way to get a jazzier sound is to add “color tones” to the basic Dominant Seventh Chord. A commonly-used color tone is the “9” (or “2” if you like)…
Playing the root plus the two definitive tones (3,b7) as an arpeggio in the left hand provides a nice accompaniment pattern for many styles of jazz…
A commonly-used voicing for a Dominant Seventh Chord is to play the root in your left hand and the triad formed by the 3, 5, and b7 in your right…