Make an exercise of finding the dominant 7th of all other chords that we didn’t cover in our examples. You can find the dominant 7th of any Major chord with this very simple strategy. The dominant 7th is located a whole step down from F# which is E. Let’s try F# Major to create a dominant 7th chord.Īn F# Major triad consists of F# A# & C#. The dominant 7th is located a whole step down from D which is C. Now let’s take this concept to another Major chord to find a dominant 7th chord on the piano. Just simply move it up an octave to where you played it earlier when you counted up from the root. Even though you’ve located the dominant 7th below the root, you don’t have to play it in this register. It’s also an easier way to find the dominant 7th of any other Major chord. To find the dominant 7th of C, move a whole step down from C to B flat. Instead of counting up from the root, you can simply move a whole step down from the root to find the dominant 7th. It’s a simple shortcut based on finding the root of the chord and locating the dominant 7th from there. But there’s actually an easier way to find the dominant 7th chord on the piano. This is the most linear way to define and construct a dominant 7th chord. (1 through 7) Now flat the 7th tone from B to B flat.Īdd the flat 7th to the C Major triad. Start off by finding the 7th note in the key by counting up from C to B. The dominant 7th is also referred to as the flat 7th in any given key. In order to transform this plain Major triad into a dominant 7th chord, you must add the dominant 7th note to it. It has the first, third and fifth degrees of the Major scale. Let’s start out with a plain C Major triad to help us illustrate our first example of a dominant 7th chord.Ī C Major triad consists of C E & G.
But first, I need to answer the question: What are dominant 7th chords? Where do they come from and how are they different than just plain Major chords? Today, I want to cover how to play dominant 7th chords on the piano. There are Major 7th Chords and Dominant 7th chords. To be technical, they are extended chords but I think they deserve their own category because there are two different types of 7th chords.
Dominant 7th chords are so common in popular music that a lot of musicians don’t really consider them to be extended chords. It’s very simple to play dominant 7th chords on the piano.
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