Skills · Scales & harmony
Seventh chords & returning
Read the seventh correctly and hear the voice leading back to the tonic.
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Practised in these lessons
- Lesson 116
How Cmaj7, C7 and Cm7 differ
Tell apart major 7, dominant 7 and minor 7.
Open → - Lesson 117
ii7–V7–Imaj7: close voice leading
Keep the common tones; each new note moves only one step.
Open → - Lesson 120
The river: hearing seventh and sus colours
The melody stands out over root+seventh accompaniment; hear Gsus4→G.
Open → - Lesson 193
Complete piece: Ballad in seventh colours
A 12-bar ballad: seventh chords, a resolving sus and a bass walking down step by step.
Open → - Lesson 153
A promise to return
Four-note G7 resolving to C
Open → - Lesson 171
Song of return
G7/B resolving to C; pedal changes after the note
In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces
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