Andrew Lewis Music 133

  ENTRY 10 THE 7th CHORD IDENTIFYING FIGURED BASS NOTATION & LEAD SHEET SYMBOLS FOR 7th CHORDS  * Other than using notes in the staff there are other ways to identify 7th chords and their inversions. This can be done by using the figured bass notation and the lead sheet symbols. F igured bass notations are placed just below the bass clef staff while lead sheet symbols are above the treble clef staff .  * Figured bass uses roman numerals followed by numbers as notations to identify the 7th chord. I am going to explain how they are arranged along with the quality and type of  7th chords they  represent in the diatonic .  * A major, major first degree 7th chord of a major-scale in root position is identified by I 7/5/3, I 7/5 or 7 in the first inversion, it is I 6/5/3 or I 6/5, second inversion, I 6/4/3 or I 4/3 and third inversion it is I 6/4/2 on I 4/2 * A major, minor 5th-degree 7th chord of a major-scale in root position is identified by V7/5/3, V7/5 or V7 in the first inversion,

 ENTRY 9 THE 7th CHORDS Part 1 * The 7th chord is made-up of an additional note above the triad, the  notes arranged with an interval of a third between them. The  distance between each third determines the chord quality.  There are five types of 7th chord qualities that I will explain along with how they are arranged. * Beginning with the ' major minor 7th', this is also the dominant 7th chord, it is identified as Mm7 or by using the 'letter name' of the root note before the number 7, e.g. C7. From the root note, this chord has a major triad and a minor 7th. This chord is diatonic of the 5th degree  in major-scales and also the 5th degree   in minor-scales .   * The 'major, major 7th' chord is identified as Maj7 or by using the 'letter name' of the root note before with M7. This chord has a major triad and a major 7th from the root.  This chord is diatonic of the 1st and 4th degree  in major-scales and the 3rd and 6th degree   in minor-scales . * The &#

ENTRY 8 Figured Bass and Lead-Sheet Symbols * Triads can be arranged in three positions   and these are called root position, first inversion and second inversion. These inversions can be identified in figured bass and lead-sheet with the use of various symbols. * Having a triad in root position, the root note is in the bass, for example, the C major triad, in root position the C would be the bass note with E and G above it. This is made up of a major third and a perfect fifth from the bass note. The symbol used in  this inversion for figured bass is 5/3 and the lead-sheet, a capital C .   * The first inversion would have the third degree of the triad in the bass, for example, using C major E would be in the bass with G and C  above it. This is made up with a minor third and a minor sixth from the bass note. In this inversion, the figured bass used 6 or 6/3 and the lead-sheet used C/E. * In the second inversion, the fifth degree of the triad is in the bass with the first and third-degr