January 3, 2008
Beautiful E Sansula Tuning:
The B7 Chord

A large part of music is based on chords. The notes in most chords are all safe, so if you weave a melody from chord notes, it will always sound pretty nice. Which might also translate to uninteresting, if you play them too long. SO, a simple thing to do is to add a few other more colorful notes to the pallet from which you are choosing—notes that don't fit so nicely, but which might lead the music to more interesting places.

We'll look at some 7th chords first. The 7th is the next logical note in the 1-3-5 patter. However, it is so close to the 8th (i.e., the octave of the root or 1 chord) that it shakes things up a bit. This week we'll look at the B7 chord.

First, play all notes except the 7th (A is the 7th of B).

Then add in the 7th and see how it twists the sound of the chord a bit. By the way, this is a dominant 7 chord.

Listen to the B7 chord

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