It occurs in the second and third inversions of a dominant seventh chord.

He begins the first theme in the tonic but on a dominant seventh chord.

Accidentals are most often used in conjunction with dominant seventh chords.

Dominant seventh chords are also altered by lowering the 9th and 13th scale degree.

The dominant seventh chord in this mode therefore occurs on the tonic, as I7.

To illustrate, here are the secondary dominants of C major, given as dominant seventh chords.

The B section is a circle of fifths pattern built on dominant seventh chords.

The circle progression may also contain dominant seventh chords.

For common practice voice leading, or "strict resolution" of the dominant seventh chord:

Take, for example, the C major and the C dominant seventh chords.

He classified the three types of irregular resolutions of dominant seventh chords.

Trumpets sound a dominant seventh chord followed by a grand pause, the only prolonged silence throughout the entire piece.

The final dominant seventh chord of each sequence leads to the next one by means of a deceptive cadence.

Example 2 (above) is effectively a prolongation of the dominant seventh chord G7 which utilises chromatic voice movement.

Being based on the dominant seventh chord, it is common in non-classical harmony, such as jazz, funk, blues and rock music.

After a dominant seventh chord, the winds take up the theme, followed by the strings, before the whole orchestra is employed to reach a climax.

Notice that the interval between the third and seventh of a dominant seventh chord is itself a tritone.

In a jazz or blues song, the tonic chord may be a dominant seventh chord.

The chord, depicted as figure 1, is made out of combinations of dominant seventh chords, combined with each other.

Contrastingly the tritone contained within the dominant seventh chord helps to establish the tonality.

It plays a major role in jazz harmony, where it is used to accompany dominant seventh chords starting on the first scale degree.

The German sixth chord contains the same notes as a dominant seventh chord, though it functions differently.

Standard models have 15 or 21 chord bars, or buttons, available, a selection of major, minor, and dominant seventh chords.

Since it contains three common tones with a dominant seventh chord, it easily can replace and function as a dominant.

The dominant chord is, in its most basic form, a major triad and, commonly, a dominant seventh chord.