Brainlag Plus Music
Brainlag Plus MusicThe dominant 7th in four positions
V7 as a four-note chord, its three inversions, and the figures for each: what Grade 6 asks you to recognise and figure.
Adding a 7th
Add one more 3rd on top of chord V and you get V7: four notes. In C major, V is G, B, D; the 7th added is the note a 7th above the root.
The 7th is a dissonance against the root, so it wants to move: it resolves by falling a step. That pull, together with the leading note's pull up to the tonic, is why V7 to I is the strongest cadence of all.
The rest of this lesson and its 6 practice questions are in Plus Music.
Screen 1 of 3, free to read.
- 6 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards