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  Lesson 10: 7th Chords, Part 2 Lecture Notes: You will always find the root note of the 7th chord if you find the higher note of the 2nd interval ( dissonance ), only if the chord is not in "root position". The only figured bass that has a 7  in it is the root position . The rest of the inversions would have a 6 at the top followed by the other intervals of the bass at the bottom, or if simplified would have a 4 at the top for only the 2nd and 3rd inversions . Image from: https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/26837/chord-symbols-for-inversions-of-7th-chords In a lead sheet, you're always going to have a 7 above the chord no matter what type of Seventh Chord it is. Image from: https://www.harpspectrum.org/pedal/pool_short.shtml In lead sheets, another name for a half-diminished chord  ( ø )  is a minor 7th flat 5 ( m7 ♭ 5 ) Image from: https://hellomusictheory.com/learn/half-diminished-chords/ Inversions of 7th Chords The  Root position includes four diffe

  Lesson 6: Intervals Lecture Notes: The inversion of an interval adds up to 9 . For example, A major 2nd inverted is a minor 7th . (Also note that the quality of the interval flips. Example: major would be minor .) Image from: https://musictheorysite.wordpress.com/category/pitch/ The 1st, 4th, and 5th notes of the scale will always be a major 3rd. Every other note will be a minor third. With intervals, every identical line and space will be either a 3rd, 5th, or 7th. However, every unidentical line and space will become either a 2nd, 4th, 6th, or 8ve. Image from: https://hellomusictheory.com/learn/intervals/ There are  four  different ways to change the interval size:  If you raise the top note, you make the interval larger. If you lower the bottom note, you make the interval larger. If you lower the top note, you make the interval smaller. If you raise the bottom note, you make the interval smaller. Here's a YouTube video from David Bennet Piano. In this video, he shows how to

     Lesson 9: 7th Chords, Part 1 Lecture Notes: Seventh Chords have an extra chord tone which is the 7th interval from the root. The two major 7ths on the white keys are C-B and F-E and the rest of the 7ths are minor. There are 5 main types of 7th chords: Major 7th, minor 7th, Dominant 7th, half diminished 7th, and full diminished 7th Image from: https://www.earmaster.com/music-theory-online/ch05/chapter-5-4.html Types of 7th Chords A  Major 7th Chord  includes of a Major triad and a Major 7th stacked. A  Dominant 7th Chord  has a Major triad and a minor 7th stacked. A  minor 7th chord  has a minor triad and a minor 7th stacked A  half-diminished 7th chord  has a diminished triad and a minor 7th stacked. A  full diminished 7th chord  includes a diminished triad and a diminished 7th stacked. Image from: https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/understanding-music/seventh-chords/ Here's a YouTube video from the YouTuber: " Michael New " that should help you understand how Seve

    Lesson 8: Inversions, Figured Bass, and Lead Sheets Lecture Notes: In finding a chord look for the lowest  note to find the root note . The difference between the root and the bass  is that the root is the foundation of the chord. On the other hand, the bass is the lowest note of a chord. There are three types of inversions of a chord: Root Position, 1st Inversion and 2nd Inversion. Inversions The root position is stacked in thirds and it has the rote note at the bottom. The 1st inversion will have the third (3rd) at the bottom as the bass followed by the rest of the chord above it. The 2nd inversion will have the fifth (5th) at the bottom as the bass followed by the rest of the chord above it. Image from: https://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/2943-root_position Figured Bass Figured Bass is finding what inversion the chord is in based on the intervals above the bass. Always remember that 5/3 is  Root Position, 6/3 is 1st inversion, and 6/4 is 2nd inversion. Image from: http: