The dominant seventh chord: here is everything to know (part 2)

Inversions of dominant seventh chord

What are the possibilities with the new seventh chords which we have built on a major and minor scale?
Today we will try to answer this question.

For example by using inversions of seventh chords we will introduce some new tools.
Remember the case of triads: the possibility to change the note in the bass offered very important harmonic resources.

In the lesson today we will try to understand how the inversions work in the case of dominant seventh chord and which are the best ways to resolve them.

We will also see how to apply non-harmonic tones which we studied during the composition course.

As you can see we are advancing in the study of harmony and new horizons are opening up before us.

Let’s start exploring!

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	31 mins
1. The dominant seventh in harmonic minor scale	8m 12s
2. The inversions in dominant seventh	4m 13s
3. How to call inversions in dominant seventh	4m 19s
4. The resolution of inversions in dominant seventh	6m 30s
5. How to resolve inversions in harmonic minor scale and some practical examples	3m 00s
6. The passing seventh	7m 02s

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The dominant seventh chord: here is everything to know (part 1)

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The dominant seventh chord

In the previous lessons we learned to build seventh chords either for major and harmonic minor scale.
Now we have to put all of this into practice: we have to learn every type of seventh chord in depth and many other things, in order to use it in the best way.

We start from the strongest of the seventh chords:

The dominant seventh chord

Other than the lesson of today we will see many other subjects which include:

how to resolve the seventh
how to play seventh chords at the piano/keyboard
the complete and the incomplete dominant seventh chord
different resolutions of the dominant seventh chord

Learning material of this lesson

7 videos	48 mins
1. The world of seventh chords	3m 30s
2. How do we resolve the seventh in seventh chords?	4m 33s
3. How to play seventh chords at the piano/keyboard	8m 33s
4. A rapid way to find seventh chords at the piano	7m 08s
5. The first resolution of the dominant seventh chord	11m 25s
6. The second resolution of the dominant seventh chord	6m 02s
7. Two considerations on the resolution with interrupted cadence and some practical examples	8m 18s

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How to build seventh chords (part 2)

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Let’s learn how to build seventh chords

In the lesson today we wil take a close look at seventh chords.
Why are these chords so important?
Because they allow us to widen greatly our sonoric range.

They are in fact dissonant chords, each with different characteristics.
Today we will learn to build seventh chords on harmonic minor scale and analyse them one by one. We will moreover see seven different kinds of seventh chords.

Indeed we will try to understand which are the characterists and what distinguishes them from each other.
We will also find a way to name each chord in order to distinguish them rapidly.
All this will be done in-depth but also in a simple and clear way to enable you to follow each step.

In this way, you will understand all seventh chords and learn to use them as you please.

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos	18 mins
1. The characteristics of seventh chords	1m 37s
2. The first 4 types of seventh chords	4m 53s
3. The other three types of seventh chords	4m 50s
4. How to name seventh chords	6m 24s

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What is the enharmonic relation and which are the advantages that it offers?

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The enharmonic equivalents

In the previous lessons we took an in-depth look at the tempered system. We are now able to understand why its introduction is necessary in music practice.

Today, other than this subject, we will look at the most important consequences linked to the use of the tempered system and learn about what is known as ‘enharmonic relation’.

As you will see, we will learn the huge potential of using enharmonic sounds in the development of harmony. Since 1700, all great composers have used in their composition the resource of enharmonic relation.

From today, you can learn how it is possible to use this.

Enjoy the lesson!

Learning material of this lesson

5 videos	18 mins
1. Equal tempered scale and harmonic relation	2m 15s
2. What are enharmonic equivalents	3m 20s
3. The first consequence of using of enharmonic relation	4m 15s
4. The second consequence of using of enharmonic relation	3m 17s
5. The third consequence of using enharmonic relation	5m 15s

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Why D sharp and E flat are two different notes with the same pitch

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The equal tempered system

In starting to study music theory, many people try to apply it to the keyboard or a piano but find themselves faced with difficulties.
It is important to understand that the same black keys have different names, for example G sharp and A flat.

You may have even wondered the reason of this, especially in studying the theory of intervals. Perhaps you have also asked yourself if the C – D shrp interval is the same as C – E flat interval.

In the lesson today, we will try to give an explanation to this and find where this ambiguity comes from.
In this way we will explore the world of music systems that have been used throughout the history of music.

Most importantly, we will introduce a new and very important concept:

The Equal Tempered scale

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos	17 mins
1. The problem of black keys and how to determine the pitch of notes	4m 23s
2. The first two musical systems	4m 03s
3. How can G sharp and E flat have a different pitch?	5m 20s
4. The equal tempered system and the main consequence of its introduction	4m 03s

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How to build seventh chords (first part)

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Four notes chords

Up to now we have seen chords made up of only three notes.

Today we will open a new and very important chapter. We will discover how to build chords of 4 notes.
This will allow us to introduce new subjects including:

Why chords of more than three sounds are always dissonant
Seventh chords
How to find the root of the chord, even in very complicated chords
How to build seventh chords on major scale
How to call the notes which make up the seventh chord correctly

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos	25 mins
1. How to build 4 notes chords	4m 09s
2. The seventh chord on the major scale	4m 33s
3. Learn to call all notes of the chord in a correct way	9m 09s
4. The seventh chords on other degrees of a major scale- Various examples	7m 11s

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Tension or rest? Here are the chords that allow you to have this effect

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Consonant and dissonant chords

Have you ever heard a piece of music and noticed that a chord has a sense of stability and relax, to be immediately followed by another chord with characteritics of tension and movement?

Music is made up of alternation between rest and tension and for this reason we must find chords to express these two characteristics.

In today’s lesson, we will see consonant and dissonant chords. In this way, when we must choose which chords use, we will know which are their characteristic, either tension or stability.

Most of all, this lesson will be a fundamentali introduction to a new and more important chapter: seventh chords.

Learning material of this lesson

5 videos	20 mins
1. Consonant and dissonant chords	5m 21s
2. Consonant triads in major scales	2m 59s
3. Dissonant triads in major scales	3m 19s
4. Consonant and dissonant chords in minor scales	5m 58s
5. Here is how to obtain other dissonant chords	2m 31

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Harmonic cadences, only give me one hour and I will explain what they are (part 2)

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What is the interrupted cadence?

In the last lesson we introduced the concept of cadences and most importantly learned to understand its importance in a progression of chords.

We have studied the first four types of cadences.

Today the things that you will learn include:
– which are the other types of cadences (the interrupted cadence, the decepted cadence, the mixed cadence)
– when these cadences can be applied in the minor key
– which is the only cadence that can be used in the minor key
– How to identify cadences in the four songs that we have
analysed

As will be seen after the lesson of today, you will have made a great step ahead in understanding how to create a cadence.
Finally you will find a pdf table with the principal cadences

You will be able to apply immediately all of this in the moment you write your music!

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos	23 mins
1. The interrupted cadence, the decepted cadence, the mixed cadence	6m 38s
2. The use of the first three cadences in minor keys	4m 11s
3. The use of the other cadences in minor keys and the phrygian cadence	6m 18s
4. We look for cadences in famous songs that we have already studied	5m 56s
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Part 1: The interrupted cadence, the decepted cadence, the mixed cadence

Part 2: The use of the first three cadences in minor keys

Part 3: The use of the other cadences in minor keys and the phrygian cadence

Part 4: We look for cadences in famous songs that we have already studied

Attachments:

Attachments-Table of cadences pdf (click here)

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What consonances and dissonances are and how to recognize them at any time.

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What are consonances and dissonances?

Music is made of continuous alternating between moments of tension and rest.
We have already mentioned how in the scale some notes have a dynamic role (dominant and leadin tone), while others have a function of rest (tonic). When overlapping sounds, we can create either a sensation of stability or of tension and thus create a harmonic interval.
Depending on the possible combinations, we are able to obtain very different sensations of hearing.

Today’s lesson includes various things:

We will see in depth consonances and dissonances
We will introduce an important concept, the resolution of a dissonance.
We will learn to classify different intervals and when an interval is consonance or a dissonance

At the end of the videos you will find a pdf table classifying the consonance and dissonance intervals.

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos	22 mins
1. What consonances and dissonances are	3m 46s
2. The way to classify intervals in consonances and dissonances	4m 56s
3. Practical examples of consonances and dissonances	6m 04s
4. What is ‘resolution’ and its important consequences in studying harmony	6m 50s
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Harmonic cadences, only give me one hour and I will explain what they are (part 1)

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What are the harmonic cadences?

Today we will introduce a fundamental concept which helps to understand the logic which makes up the base of harmonic structure of any music sheet.
I am speaking about harmonic cadences. In this lesson we will start to see the first types of cadences in order to understand their fundamental importance in musical discourse

The lesson of today is also important for another reason: we will conclude the study of harmonic analysis of the four music sheets by analysing the last song which distinguishes itself from the other three and has a very important feature:

Its chords are built using a minor scale

In this way we will start to see in practice which are the features that link the chords on the degrees of minor scales and the most used progressions.

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