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Building Basic Seventh Chords*** Major, minor, Dominant, half-diminished, diminished

Major 7th1, 3, 5, 7

Dominant 7th1, 3, 5, b7

Minor 7th

1, b3, 5, b7

Half-diminshed 7th

1, b3, b5, b7

Diminished 7th1, b3, b5, bb7

Jazz Gem * The major 7th scaledegree can also be thought of aslocated one half-step downward fromthe root.

Jazz Gem *The 7th of a Dominantchord is a b7 scale degree (also canbe thought of as one whole-stepdownward from the root).

A Dominant 7th chord canbe thought of as ab7 scale degree on top of aMajor triad.

A minor 7th chord can

be thought of as ab7 scale degreeon top of aminor triad.

Major Triad

Major Triad

minor triad

diminished triad

A Half-diminished 7th chordcan be thought of as ab7 scale degreeon top of adiminished triad.

A Diminished 7th chord canbe thought of as abb7 scale degreeon top of adiminished triad.

diminished triad Jazz Gem *The bb7 scale degree can also beenharmonically thought of as the major 6thscale degree.

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by Scott Wilson