{"id":150,"date":"2008-01-15T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/15\/practical-music-theory-tips-7-more-seventh-chords\/"},"modified":"2008-06-10T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T18:18:39","slug":"practical-music-theory-tips-7-more-seventh-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/practical-music-theory-tips-7-more-seventh-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Music Theory Tips #7 &#8211; More Seventh Chords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ha, how fitting that this post happens to be the 7th tip.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I was typing this post and realized that this is one of those posts that is probably impossible to explain with just words.  As I don&#8217;t want to thouroughly confuse everyone, the best way to learn about seventh chords online is to visit our handy dandy <a title=\"musictheory.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musictheory.net\">musictheory.net<\/a> site, specifically <a title=\"musictheory.net | 7th chords\" href=\"http:\/\/musictheory.net\/lessons\/html\/id45_en.html\">this lesson.<\/a> Before you visit that particular lesson, though, familiarize yourself with basic intervals and basic triads.<a title=\"musictheory.net | 7th chords\" href=\"http:\/\/musictheory.net\/lessons\/html\/id45_en.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So now that you&#8217;ve learned from a much better source than me on this one, let&#8217;s take a look at what you might use these various 7th chords for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>V7 or dominant 7 chord:  Very helpful for changing keys, playing in place of the vii dim* (in C, the vii dim* is made up of B-D-F, the V7 in C is made up of G-B-D-F; add one note on the bottom and you have a completely different sounding chord that can be used for the same thing!)<\/li>\n<li>min7: A great chord to use as a substition for the IV (four) chord, particularly the ii7 chord.  As with the V7, the ii7 and the IV share notes (in C, the IV is F-A-C, the ii7 is D-F-A-C).  This is particularly helpful when you&#8217;re writing music and you can&#8217;t move yourself out of using I-IV-V and vi.<\/li>\n<li>maj7, half dim* 7, fully dim* 7:  All of these chords are used extensively in jazz music.  If you&#8217;d like to learn to be a better jazz player or you want to give your playing a bit of a jazzy flavor, learn how to use these.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are way more ways to use 7th chords, but that really would require me to teach a theory class to you!  Next time: how to use theory plus your ear to learn songs.<\/p>\n<p>*dim stands for diminished.  Check out the lessons on specific intervals at <a title=\"musictheory.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musictheory.net\">musictheory.net<\/a> for more information on dimished intervals.  By the way, I have no partnership with that website&#8230;it&#8217;s just the best online website for music theory that I&#8217;ve come across and wanted to pass the word along \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:50px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/practical-music-theory-tips-7-more-seventh-chords\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"595\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ha, how fitting that this post happens to be the 7th tip. Okay, I was typing this post and realized that this is one of those posts that is probably impossible to explain with just words. 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