The Chord Cookbook Compendium © 2008 Matthieu Brandt

Dom 7 Chords

Definition : A Major Triad with an added flatted 7th on top of the root of the chord.
This note is 10 x ½ note (10 frets) above the root or 2 frets down.
Chord Formula : 1-3-5-b7
Styles of Music : Blues, Jazz, Pop, Folk, Rock, Singer Songwriter, etc.
Examples : Almost all 12-bar blues progressions,
Dom 7th on I-Chord Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel)
More than Words (extreme)
When to use : Chord creates some tension that wants to resolve, due to the tritone interval
between the major third of the chord and the flatted seventh.
This is an unstable interval. In blues this a dominant seventh chord can
be played for a longer period of time without resolving.
Also used to make a chord or chord progression more bluesy.

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