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  • https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Sauk_Valley_Community_College/Book%3A_Understanding_Music_-_Past_and_Present_(Clark_et_al.)/01%3A_Music_Fundamentals/1.06%3A_Harmony
    If you add a fourth pitch that is a third above the previous pitch, you arrive at a seventh chord. (You may be wondering why we call chords with three notes “triads” and notes with four chords “sevent...If you add a fourth pitch that is a third above the previous pitch, you arrive at a seventh chord. (You may be wondering why we call chords with three notes “triads” and notes with four chords “seventh chords.” Why not “fourth chords?” The reason has to do with the fact that the extra note is the “seventh” note in the scale from which the chord is derived. (We will get to scales shortly.) Seventh chords are dissonant chords.
  • https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Western_Washington_University/Popular_Music_(Smith)/01%3A_Readings/1.03%3A_The_Blues
    Country Blues from the Mississippi delta (known as “Delta Blues”) was the style that had the most direct influence on the development of the blues and rock and roll, and is likely very closely related...Country Blues from the Mississippi delta (known as “Delta Blues”) was the style that had the most direct influence on the development of the blues and rock and roll, and is likely very closely related to the music W.C.
  • https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Appreciation/Understanding_Music_-_Past_and_Present_(Clark_et_al.)/01%3A_Music_Fundamentals/1.06%3A_Harmony
    If you add a fourth pitch that is a third above the previous pitch, you arrive at a seventh chord. (You may be wondering why we call chords with three notes “triads” and notes with four chords “sevent...If you add a fourth pitch that is a third above the previous pitch, you arrive at a seventh chord. (You may be wondering why we call chords with three notes “triads” and notes with four chords “seventh chords.” Why not “fourth chords?” The reason has to do with the fact that the extra note is the “seventh” note in the scale from which the chord is derived. (We will get to scales shortly.) Seventh chords are dissonant chords.

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