From Advancing Music Theory
| This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category.
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Objectives
- Students will be able to construct any type of seventh chord with a given note as root, third, fifth, or seventh.
- Students will be able to invert any type of seventh chord with a given note as root, third, fifth, or seventh.
- Focus on: MM, Mm, mm, dm, dd, mM chords.
- Student will be able to derive seventh chords from a major and minor scale.
- Student will be able to notate 7th chords in various notations (figured bass or lead sheet notations).
Resources
Class Activities
- Discussion and definition of seventh chord types including classical and lead sheet naming conventions
- Construction and performance of a given seventh chord
Assignments
- Writing seventh chords
- Identifying seventh chords
Assessments
Notes
