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Duncster · 08-23-2006, 12:11 PM

So if I'm in the key of Cmaj and im playing C7th chord I will use a flatened 7th? Oh God I memorized everything wrong? I coulda swore Bass Guitar for Dummies said that the notes in chords were all notes that are in the key your playing in. Like in Cmaj it would be C E G B, but instead it would be C E G Bb? I don't get that. So what chords use a natural seventh? I thought the root (say C) used the third fifth and seventh of the scale its in. Why would it use the flatened 7th if the flatened 7th isn't in the key of Cmaj (The key the chord progression is in)?
Say im playing the D in a Cmaj chord progression. Shouldn't the seventh chord be D, F, A, C(C being the seventh)? Or would it be Cb for some reason? Just trying to clear this up a bit.

08-23-2006, 12:11 PM	#10
Duncster Beer pressure Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ontario Posts: 3,908	So if I'm in the key of Cmaj and im playing C7th chord I will use a flatened 7th? Oh God I memorized everything wrong? I coulda swore Bass Guitar for Dummies said that the notes in chords were all notes that are in the key your playing in. Like in Cmaj it would be C E G B, but instead it would be C E G Bb? I don't get that. So what chords use a natural seventh? I thought the root (say C) used the third fifth and seventh of the scale its in. Why would it use the flatened 7th if the flatened 7th isn't in the key of Cmaj (The key the chord progression is in)? Say im playing the D in a Cmaj chord progression. Shouldn't the seventh chord be D, F, A, C(C being the seventh)? Or would it be Cb for some reason? Just trying to clear this up a bit.