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Thread #142533 Message #3287863
Posted By: GUEST,Larry Saidman
10-Jan-12 - 12:21 AM
Thread Name: Why use the term 'major'?
Subject: RE: Why use the term 'major'?
Good question. What would a minor chord with a major 7th added be called? I guess a Dminor with an augmented 7th?
And I don't think a D7 would be the same as a D dominant 7th. In classical music a D dominant 7th starts on the dominant note of the scale (the 5th), so it would be an A C# E G.
Technically what we in popular music call a D7th (D F# A C) is, in classical terms, a G dominant 7th.
But for simplicity sake we just call it a D 7th.
Pretty confusing I know.