Tendency tones in v7

There are two strong tendency tones in the V7 chord: scale degrees ^7 and ^4 . These two tendency tones form a tritone—a dissonance that requires resolution.

1. What are the tendency tones?
2. What tendency tones in a V7 must resolve?
3. How many tendency tones are there?
4. What does a 7th chord resolve to?

What are the tendency tones?

Tendency tones are notes with in the key that must resolve in a specific direction. These notes are the leading tones (7th scale degree), the seventh of the V7 (dominant seventh chord), and altered notes.

What tendency tones in a V7 must resolve?

5he dominant seventh chord contains two tendency tones that need to resolve: the leading tone ( 7 ), which wants to resolve up by step, and the seventh ( 4 ), which wants to resolve down by step.

How many tendency tones are there?

This seems useful to know for all 12 pitches, since it will give you a very calculated way of subverting audience expectations in more micro ways than just thinking in terms of tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords.

What does a 7th chord resolve to?

The dominant seventh chord resolves to a major or minor chord whose root is a perfect fifth below its root.