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Dominant seventh chord

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of the scale, which has a strong tendency to pull towards the tonic of the key (e.g., in C, the third of G, B, is the leading tone of the key of C). The seventh of the chord acts as an upper leading-tone to the third of the scale (in C: the seventh of G, F, is a half-step above and leads down to E).
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This, in combination with the strength of root movement by fifth, and the natural resolution of the dominant triad to the tonic triad (e.g., from GBD to CEG in the key of C major), creates a resolution with which to end a piece or a section, often in a
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by the letter name of the chord root and a superscript "7". In most cases, dominant seventh chord are built on the fifth degree of the major scale. An example is the dominant seventh chord built on G, written as G, having pitches G–B–D–F:
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to that other key. This technique is extremely common, particularly since the Classical period, and has led to further innovative uses of the dominant seventh chord such as
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In the other resolutions, the dominant remains stationary, the leading note and supertonic resolve to the tonic, and the subdominant resolves to the mediant.
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In the V–I resolution, the dominant, leading note, and supertonic resolve to the tonic, whereas the subdominant resolves to the mediant.
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downwards while the third resolves upwards to the tonic though in such cases the root of the tonic chord may need to be tripled.
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The dominant seventh is perhaps the most important of the seventh chords. It was the first seventh chord to appear regularly in
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The "free resolution of the seventh" features the seventh in an inner voice moving stepwise upwards to the fifth of I
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This dominant seventh chord is useful to composers because it contains both a major triad and the interval of a
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describing the chord as the "signature" of the barbershop sound. A song may use the chord type (built on any
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A striking use of inversions of the dominant seventh can be found in this passage from the first movement of
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Similarly, this chord also occurs on the seventh degree of any natural minor scale (e.g., G7 in A minor).
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Because of this original usage, it also quickly became an easy way to trick the listener's ear with a
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All four tones may be present, though the root may be doubled and the fifth omitted.
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begin to treat the V as a chord as part of the introduction of functional harmony.
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sonorities suggest that the dominant seventh chord occurred with some frequency."
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Today, the dominant seventh chord enjoys particular prominence in the music of
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In an incomplete V, with a missing fifth, the doubled root remains stationary.
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was gradually developed, leading to the waning of functional use in the
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Importantly, non-diatonic dominant seventh chords (sometimes called a
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features dominant seventh chords in both second and first inversions:
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chords are "almost always" dominant seventh chords (sometimes with
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The dominant seventh chord is frequently used to approximate a
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seventh), borrowed from another key, can allow the composer to
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and lessened use of the major minor chord's dominant function.
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of the same movement features the chord in root position:
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Just harmonic seventh chord on C. 7th: 968.826 cents, a
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Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K545, end of first movement 02
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continued to use functional harmony including V chords.
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including more dissonant dominant chords through higher
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chord most often being a major triad. Examples include
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Beethoven Quartet Op. 127 first movement, bars 135–139
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Beethoven Quartet Op. 127 first movement, bars 135–139
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Benward & Saker (2003), vol. 1: pp. 202–204.
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In a diatonic context, the third of the chord is the
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Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K545, end of first movement
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root
minor seventh
perfect fifth
major third
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music theory
seventh chord
root
major third
perfect fifth
minor seventh
major triad
denoted
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leading note
subdominant note
tritone
harmony
fifth scale degree
key
Roman numeral analysis
classical music
dominant triad
functions

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