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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Dominant 7th : 3rd plus flat 7th.
Minor 7th : flat 3rd (minor third) plus flat 7th.
Minor 7b5 : flat 3rd, flat 5th, flat 7th.
Diminished 7th : flat 3rd, flat 5th, double flat 7th.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
(for example a major chord consists of a root, a Major 3rd, and a minor 3rd above that; a minor chord is a root, a Minor 3rd and a Major 3rd above that)
So a Dom 7 chord is in fact a major or minor triad with a minor 3rd on top of the 5th.
C7 is C E G and Bb. Bb is a minor 3rd above above the G
This was the biggest revelation in guitar theory I ever came across, and my rhythm playing leaped forwards multiple steps purely as a result of knowing this (in combination with knowing where a minor or major 3rd is for any note on the fretboard)
so, the OP is indeed correct
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I'd say it like Philtre.
I don't like the concept of describing minor chords using the notes of the major scale. I'd say the notes of a minor 7th chord were 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 from the natural minor scale, not 1 - b3 - 5 - b7 from the major scale.
The minor 3rd on top of the 5th still stands though
thanks for spotting
but then we need to transfer all that to a fretboard,
I at least find building chords easier by working in 3rd intervals cos that’s a lot less to think about for me at least
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
E7 is a dominant to A major (something), as is F#7 to B major.
This is an intervalic mainstay of rock, blues and an incalculable number of 'pop' songs.
Yes I'm using the term dominant in that sense which arguably isn't correct here.
G7 is a dominant 7th chord or even a major minor seventh for maximum confusion. As is the interval G to F a dominant seventh. It's just that no one (IME) refers to them that way. I've found it to almost always be used in the subdominant, tonic context.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.