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seventh chord

noun

, Music.
  1. a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.


seventh chord

noun

  1. music a chord consisting of a triad with a seventh added above the root See dominant seventh chord diminished seventh chord major seventh chord minor seventh chord
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of seventh chord1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

A note may now be repeated in the lowest part when it becomes the seventh of a dominant seventh-chord.

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