What’s on the Seventh Chords poster
A 5-row table: Chord · Built from · Feels.
Add a seventh above a triad. Which seventh, and which triad, names the chord.
- Major 7 (Cmaj7) — Major + major 7th — Warm, restful, jazzy
- Dominant 7 (C7) — Major + minor 7th — Tense — wants to resolve
- Minor 7 (Cm7) — Minor + minor 7th — Soft, mellow
- Half-dim (Cm7♭5) — Dim + minor 7th — Unstable, leads to minor
- Diminished 7 (C°7) — Dim + dim 7th — Maximum tension, goes anywhere
Every diminished 7th chord is three other diminished 7ths in disguise — it splits the octave evenly.
Questions about the Seventh Chords poster
- What’s on the Seventh Chords poster?
- A 5-row table: Chord · Built from · Feels. Add a seventh above a triad. Which seventh, and which triad, names the chord. Major 7 (Cmaj7) — Major + major 7th — Warm, restful, jazzy; Dominant 7 (C7) — Major + minor 7th — Tense — wants to resolve; Minor 7 (Cm7) — Minor + minor 7th — Soft, mellow; Half-dim (Cm7♭5) — Dim + minor 7th — Unstable, leads to minor; Diminished 7 (C°7) — Dim + dim 7th — Maximum tension, goes anywhere. Every diminished 7th chord is three other diminished 7ths in disguise — it splits the octave evenly.
- Who is the Seventh Chords poster for?
- Seventh Chords belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Seventh Chords poster?
- The dominant 7th creates tension; the major 7th releases it. That contrast drives most harmony. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Seventh Chords belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Seventh Chords?
- Borrowed Chords, Cadences and Building Chords sit alongside Seventh Chords in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Borrowed ChordsCadencesBuilding Chords
- Is the Seventh Chords poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Seventh Chords downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Seventh Chords poster print at?
- Seventh Chords is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Seventh Chords loses nothing.Printing guide
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