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- How do you resolve a chordal 7th?
- Can a chordal 7th resolve up?
- How do you resolve a major 7th?
- What does a minor 7 resolve to?
How do you resolve a chordal 7th?
There is one general rule for voice leading any seventh chord: resolve the 7th of the chord down by step. All other voices should move smoothly to the nearest chord tone in a voicing containing the appropriate doubling.
Can a chordal 7th resolve up?
If the seventh resolves down, it becomes the third or root of the next chord. If it resolves up, it becomes the fifth (meh) or third (well, ok) of the next chord.
How do you resolve a major 7th?
The dominant seventh chord resolves to a major or minor chord whose root is a perfect fifth below its root. In the case of the G dominant seventh chord: …which is the chord of the fifth degree in the key of C major, the G dominant seventh chord resolves downward by a perfect fifth.
What does a minor 7 resolve to?
The most common occurrence of the minor seventh is built on the root of the prevailing key's dominant triad, producing the all-important dominant seventh chord. Consonance and dissonance are relative, depending on context, the minor seventh being defined as a dissonance requiring resolution to a consonance.
