Major seventh chord
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Play (help·info)In music, a major seventh chord is any seventh chord where the "third" note is a major third above the root.
Most typically, major seventh chord refers to where the "seventh" note is a major seventh above the root (a fifth above the third note) play (help·info). In case the seventh note is a minor seventh above the root, it is called a dominant seventh chord (although this is also a kind of major seventh chord).
Major seventh chords often have a jazzy, dreamy sound to them.
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| root/ chord name |
third note | fifth note | seventh note |
| A | C♯ | E | G♯ |
| B♭ | D | F | A |
| C | E | G | B |
| C♯ | E♯ | G♯ | B♯ |
| D | F♯ | A | C♯ |
| E♭ | G | B♭ | D |
| F | A | C | E |
| G | B | D | F♯ |
[edit] Sources
- ^ Walter Everett (Autumn, 2004). "A Royal Scam: The Abstruse and Ironic Bop-Rock Harmony of Steely Dan", p.205, Music Theory Spectrum, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 201-235.
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