C7 chord

The C7 chord (C dominant seventh) on a piano: the notes, every inversion and the keys it belongs to. Tap play to hear it, and download it as MIDI.

C1E3G5Bbb7

About the dominant seventh chord

A major chord with a minor seventh on top. It has tension that wants to resolve, usually to the chord a fifth below.

Formula: 1 3 5 b7. Used in: Blues, funk, disco, jazz and soulful house.

Tap an inversion to hear it. Inversions keep the same notes in a different order, which lets chords move smoothly from one to the next.

C7 is the V chord in F major and VII chord in D minor.

It also appears in G Dorian (IV), A Phrygian (III), Bb Lydian (II), C Mixolydian (I).

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C, E, G, Bb.

1 3 5 b7. A major chord with a minor seventh on top. It has tension that wants to resolve, usually to the chord a fifth below.

C7 is a chord in F major (V), D minor (VII).