Dominant 7th-style chord To be clear, here’s what we’re referring to; let’s start with a triad of C major. We’re using the ...

Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton and Randy Rhoads all used this fundamental guitar mode in their songs. Here, Stuart ...

Raising the open third string to G# at the 1st fret makes this an E7 chord. By combining the root (C), 3rd (E), 5th (G) major 7th (B) and duplicate 3rd (E), we create a Cmaj7. To change this to a ...

A dominant 7th is built on the dominant note. It functions as a type of chord V. In this example you will hear both chord I of C Major, and the dominant 7th chord. You can follow along with the ...