Guitar Chords: Dominant 7

Right, so we’ve done: major and minor open chords, barre chords, sus4 and sus2 chords in the “guitar chords” series so far, next it’s time to move on to 7ths. I’ve decided to start with dominant 7 chords because they are the most often used (unless you happen to play Jazz…). You will find dominant 7 chords in many “folky” sounding songs (check out the G7 chord below for that cheesy “folk” sound), and in the blues. Dom7 chords are also found in classical music forming something called a “perfect cadence” in music theory.

Most times you will see these chords written as C7, or Cdom7 and they are essentially the same as a major chord, but with one note added (the minor 7th). Don’t get confused by this though, because adding a note to a chord on guitar doesn’t always have to mean adding a finger!

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December 14, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Guitar Chords, Guitar Technique and Exercises | 2 comments

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