00:00Hi, I'm Stuart Ryan. In this video I'm going to explain the three primary seventh chords,
00:05what they are and how you can use them. Perhaps the best way to think of these chords is as more
00:09colorful versions of simple major and minor chords. To build seventh chords you take the notes of a
00:15triad, the root third and fifth, and then add a major or minor seventh onto the triad. Part of the
00:20character of seventh chords comes from where you place the seventh in the chord itself. Let's start
00:25off with three common C major seven shapes.
00:55Next, here are three minor seven chord shapes.
01:25And now here are three dominant seventh chord shapes again played in C.
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02:05I'm going to play the C major scale harmonized as seventh chords now. So you're going
02:11to hear major, minor, dominant and minor seven flat five chords here. Knowing how to play a scale
02:17of seventh chords is the gateway to playing more colorful chord progressions.
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02:39let's turn it into music. Here's a one four five chord progression in C.
02:57using seventh chords. So that's going to be C major seven, F major seven and G dominant seven. I'm going to play a soul inspired rhythm to bring the part to life.
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03:47dominant seven chords are really at home in styles like blues and funk. So here's a one four five blues rhythm part in C.
04:01So that's going to be C, F and G with each chord played as a dominant seventh.
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05:25next we'll explore the sound of minor seventh chords with a 70s disco style rhythm part.
05:29This is another one four five in C, but it's all minor. So we'll play C minor seven to F minor seven and then G minor seven.
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06:07you'll hear seventh chords in all styles of music, but especially
06:25in soul. I'm going to play a 70s soul inspired track now using chords drawn from the C major scale we studied to begin with. When you've learned my part, try creating your own rhythm part with my backing track and the chords we studied.
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08:25thanks for watching and don't forget to hit like and subscribe to Guitar World. Take care and I'll see you again soon.
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