Dominant familyV7 in B♭ major
F dominant seventh chord
F7F dominant seventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 1
Lay your index flat across all six strings at fret 1.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- F1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- A3
- 4
- ♭5
- C5
- ♯5
- 6
- E♭♭7
- 7
- F Root
- A Major 3rd
- C Perfect 5th
- E♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is an F dominant seventh chord?
F7 is built from 4 notes: F (the root), A (the 3), C (the 5), E♭ (the ♭7). Bluesy and restless: the tritone inside it wants to resolve.
- Notes
- F · A · C · E♭
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7
- Also written
- Fdom7
- Found in
- V7 in B♭ major · VII7 in G minor · V7 in B♭ harmonic minor
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