Dominant 7th chords have a flattened seventh note. This is because this chord takes the key signature of the note a perfect fifth down from the root. “Dominant” in music means “fifth.” Think of the chord’s root note (C) as the fifth note of a scale. Count down a perfect fifth,...
You’ll find chord progressions that use passing chords and you’ll get the tools you need to use the circle of fifths to add minor chords to your chord progressions. Plus, you get a great example of how Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and “Somewhere over the Rainbow” from the Wizard of...