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How to play the C7 piano chord

(Basic C7 piano chord and Inversions of the C7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: C7
  • The C7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Major third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the C7 chord are: C – E – G – Bb
  • A seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Major third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the C7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

C7 klaver akkord. Grundtone omvending (Grundtone nederst)
C7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

C7 klaver akkord. 1. omvending (Terts nederst)
C7 Piano Chord. 1. inversion (Major third at the bottom)

 

C7 klaver akkord. 2. omvending (Kvint nederst)
C7 Piano Chord. 2. inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

C7 klaver akkord - 3. omvending - Septim nederst
C7 Piano Chord. 3. inversion (Minor 7th. at the bottom)

 

More on the C7 chord

  • The C7 chord is step 1 in the C mixolydian scale.
  • The C7 chord is step 5 (dominant) in the F major (ionian) scale

The C mixolydian scale consists of the notes: C – D – E – F – G – A – Bb – (C)
The F major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: F – G – A – Bb – C – D – E – (F)

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