Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Your instructor will play a chord progression: tonic–dominant–tonic. Below, check whether the second chord
is a triad or a seventh chord. The chords may be inverted.

I—V—I I—V7—I

Exercise 9

Write the following chord progression in the given keys. Notice that the use of repeated notes between con-
secutive chords leads to a smoother chord progression; this is called “smooth voice leading.”

Dominant Seventh Chords in Minor Keys

The harmonic formof the minor scale is used to construct the dominant seventh chord in minor keys.

• By raising the seventh note in the minor scale, the dominant triad becomes major.


• The dominant seventh chord is the same for parallel keys (keys that have the same tonic).

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SEVENTH CHORDS

Workbook Exercises 15.9 and 15.10