Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Implied Chords: Dominant 7th Blues

It is said that the Blues became known as "the devil's music" because many chord progressions contained a dominant 7th interval which was believed to summon Satan. While the myth has subsided, dominant 7th chords still remain a principle aspect of the standard Blues chord progression. One trick to throw in a dominant 7th interval without being completely explicit is to imply the chord by playing the 3rd and dominant 7th. The example below is a chord progression composed of only dominant 7th chords. 


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