Seventh

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Seventh may refer to:

Film and television

Music

  • Diminished seventh, a chromatically reduced minor seventh interval
  • Major seventh, the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees
  • Minor seventh, the smaller of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees
  • Harmonic seventh, the interval of exactly 4:7, whose approximation to the minor seventh in equal temperament explains the "sweetness" of the dominant seventh chord in a major key
  • Leading tone or subtonic, the seventh degree and the chord built on the seventh degree
  • Seventh chord, a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord root

See also