From bossanovas to Carole King and even James Bond villains, the major seventh can completely change your song’s mood.

Where the major seventh differs, is that it is only one semitone below the keynote, so in a chord of C major 7, the ‘major’ refers to the actual note and not the major/minor tonality of the chord.

This is a hark-back to the days of jazz and blues, where the sound of this flattened 7th became standard. This also explains why we have to differentiate between this chord type, and the chord ...

From bossanovas to Carole King and even James Bond villains, the major seventh can completely change your song’s mood. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A dominant 7th is built on the dominant note. It functions as a type of chord V. In this example you will hear both chord I of C Major, and the dominant 7th chord. You can follow along with the ...