{"id":875,"date":"2017-01-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospel.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=875"},"modified":"2017-01-17T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:00:00","slug":"application-of-the-major-seventh-sharp-five-chord-in-the-formation-of-dominant-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelhap.wpenginepowered.com\/application-of-the-major-seventh-sharp-five-chord-in-the-formation-of-dominant-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"The Application Of The Major Seventh Sharp Five Chord: In The Formation Of Dominant Chords"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to learn how to form a dominant chord using the major seventh sharp five chord, then this lesson is for you.<\/p>\n

Dominant chords are important in harmony for a variety of reasons – notably for its importance in the connection of chords in a chord progression.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, dominant chords are irreplaceable in harmony, and that’s why gospel musicians invest a lot of time into learning not only how they are applied, but how they are formed as well.<\/p>\n

This lesson is designed to show you how to form dominant chords using the major seventh sharp five chord.<\/p>\n

“What Is A Dominant Chord?”<\/em><\/h2>\n

There are so many ways that the major seventh sharp five chord can strongest legal steroids<\/a> be applied. But today we’re focusing on it’s application in the formation of dominant chords.<\/p>\n

But before we go ahead, “what are dominant chords?”<\/em><\/p>\n

I want to assume that you have an idea of what a chord is. Therefore, we’ll focus on the definition of the term dominant.<\/em><\/p>\n

The term dominant<\/em> is used by music scholars to describe the fifth key component. In every key (whether major or minor) there are basically eight components.<\/p>\n

Check Them Out…<\/em><\/p>\n

Tonic<\/strong> is the first degree<\/p>\n

Supertonic<\/strong> is the second degree<\/p>\n

Mediant<\/strong> is the third degree<\/p>\n

Sub-dominant<\/strong> is the fourth degree<\/p>\n

Dominant<\/strong> is the fifth degree<\/p>\n

Sub-mediant<\/strong> is the sixth degree<\/p>\n

Sub-tonic<\/strong> is the seventh degree<\/p>\n

Octave<\/strong> is the eight degree<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our emphasis is on the fifth degree which is the dominant. So, the fifth degree in any key (be it a major or minor key) is the dominant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the key of C major:
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\n…where the fifth tone is G:
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\n…all diatonic or scale degree chords founded on the fifth degree which is G are described as dominant chords.<\/p>\n

There are basically three classes of dominant chords:<\/p>\n