music notation showing c dominant 7 triad over root chord voicing

Dominant 7 Chord Voicing: “Triad over Root”

A standard voicing for a Dominant 7th Chord is to play the root in your left hand and the triad formed by the 3, 5, and b7 in your right…

C Dominant 7 “Triad Over Root” Chord Voicing

One might think of this C7 voicing as Edim/C, where Edim is the diminished triad (E-G-Bb) built on “the 3” of the C chord…

music notation showing c dominant 7 triad over root chord voicing
piano keyboard showing c dominant 7 triad over root chord voicing

Homework

Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, play this Dominant 7 chord voicing in the big 12 spellings chromatically ascending…

music notation for major 7 triad over root chord voicings

Listen to an example at 120 beats per minute…


Play-along Tracks

Of the score above with a two bar count off at 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, & 180 beats per minute…


learn more… Jazz School: Dominant 7 “Root Plus Definitive Tones” Chord Voicing

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