A Few Things You Might NOT Know About Dominant 7th Chords (Piano)
Explore the magic of the Dominant 7th chord from various melodic and harmonic perspectives in this composition lesson. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music reveals a few things you might not know about the Dominant 7th chord, looking at it from both melodic and harmonic angles. You'll cover the essential theory of jazz tensions, extensions, secondary dominants, tritone substitutions and blues scales, all built around this one powerful chord. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:47 - Dominant 7th Chord Formation 01:23 - Easy Formation with respect to Triads 03:02 - Chromatic Slide 04:36 - Tritone Inversions 06:23 - 2 - 5 - 1 Progression 08:03 - All Tensions Work 10:54 - Tensions Explained 14:11 - Secondary Dominants 17:13 - Major & Minor Blues Scales 18:46 - 12 Bar Blues 19:56 - Revision ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #Dominant7thChord #PianoChords #MusicTheory
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