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There are 3 pages about 7th chords on Ricci Adams' site but certain aspects may confuse you. Teoria [see Reference and scroll down] has some good pages. Hopefully, if I explain 7ths well you will not need to visit those sites!
A seventh chord has 4 notes and so there are 4 positions. Once again, the figures tell us which notes we need by stating the interval of each required note from the given bass note*. In common with what you have seen before, whilst every note can be figured, only some of the numbers are actually used. [* Although these 4 chords are written in the Treble clef, we still call the lowest the bass]
7 6 4 4 5 3 2 Only the 7 is
used for the
Root positionThe 3 is taken for
granted in the
1st inversion2nd inversion 3rd inversion If any non-diatonic notes are needed then the appropriate accidental is placed next to the figure (on the left, usually, but on the right according to the Associated Board). If a note to be changed does not appear in the abbreviated chord description, it obviously has to do so if it is affected by the figures. Here are some examples.
EXERCISE 3
Download the PDF file and practice writing 7th chords in various inversions.
NOTE: this exercise contain much harder chords than you will get at Grade 6
This page was last edited on 22/07/2008
