Songs with dominant 7th chords

6 Famous Songs That Use Dominant 7th Chords

• Something – The Beatles.
• “Hallelujah” – Jeff Buckley.
• “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” – The Rolling Stones.
• “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
• “Nothing Else Matters” – Metallica.
• “Purple Haze” – Jimi Hendrix.

1. What can you play over a dominant 7 chord?
2. Can a vii chord be dominant?
3. Are all 7th chords dominant?
4. What are the most common 7th chords?

What can you play over a dominant 7 chord?

10 Scales You can Play Over A Dominant 7 Chord

• Major Pentatonic. Scale: 1 2 3 5 6. ...
• Mixolydian. Scale: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7. ...
• Dominant Pentatonic. Scale: 1 3 4 5 b7. ...
• Major Blues. Scale: 1 2 b3 3 5 6 b7. ...
• Lydian Dominant. Scale: 1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7. ...
• Mixolydian b6. Scale: 1 2 3 4 5 b6 b7. ...
• Phrygian Dominant. ...
• Half/Whole Diminished.

Can a vii chord be dominant?

A Dominant 7 chord is built from the 5th degree of a scale, which is the dominant degree. Let's take the C major scale as an example, the tetrad chord (four notes) built from the 5th degree is G7. You can see a dominant 7 chord as a major triad with an added flattened seventh.

Are all 7th chords dominant?

Formation of dominant seventh chords

With respect to the root, all dominant seventh chords consist of a major third (dominant-leading note), a perfect fifth (dominant-supertonic) and minor seventh (dominant-subdominant). This means that all dominant seventh chords are major chords, regardless of the key.

What are the most common 7th chords?

In classical and popular music, there are five types of seventh chords commonly encountered:

• the major seventh chord.
• the major-minor seventh chord (also known as a dominant seventh chord)
• the minor seventh chord.
• the half-diminished seventh chord.
• the fully-diminished seventh chord (often called diminished seventh chord)