WTF Is A Dominant 7 Chord?!

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]So, what the heck is a dominant seventh chord?

[00:00:02]>> [music] >> Let's learn D dominant seventh or D7.

[00:00:12]The open D chord is in a root fifth root third orientation. In order to make a dominant seventh chord, you have to locate the second root, eliminate the duplicate and replace it with a note a whole step down, and there's your dominant seventh chord.

[00:00:26]>> [music] >> Only one dominant seventh chord occurs naturally in any given minor or major key.

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