Lessons
minor triad
PracticeSymbolsFour NotesSix ChordSix Chord p.2Major Seven ChordSeventhsSeven Chord p.2QuizSeven Chord p.3Seven Chord p.4Seven Chord p.5 Major Seven Chord
Before you played your first triad, you played a scale skipping every other note; you played 1 3 5 7
As with the Third, since we are using a Major Scale and adding to a Major Triad, it follows that this interval between the first and seventh degrees of a Major Scale is called a Major Seventh.
The chord you get when you play 1 3 5 7 simultaneously is called a Major Seven Chord.
B♭maj7
| Click to hear a B♭maj7 Chord. | 
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| Chord | Spelling | Symbol | Chord | Spelling | Symbol | |
| Major Triad | 1 3 5 | A | minor triad | 1 ♭3 5 | Am | |
| Six Chord | 1 3 5 6 | A6 | minor six chord | 1 ♭3 5 6 | Am6 | |
| Major Seven Chord | 1 3 5 7 | Amaj7 |