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AP® Music Theory · Unit 3 · Topic 3.4

Diatonic Seventh Chords in Major and Minor

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  1. How it worksHow does stacking a seventh onto each scale degree produce a fixed run of qualities?
  2. Worked exampleFind all seven diatonic seventh chords in D major with Roman numerals and qualities.
  3. Worked exampleFind the quality of the seventh chord on scale degree 7 in harmonic minor.
  4. Common mistakeWhy isn't the ii seventh chord in minor the same quality as the one in major?

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Stacking a seventh onto each of the seven scale degrees of a major key produces one seventh chord per degree. A composer writes out every diatonic seventh chord of a major key exactly 4 times each. How many total seventh chords does the passage contain?

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