Seventh (chord)
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This article is about the seventh factor of a chord. For the seventh chord itself, see seventh chord.
In music, the seventh factor of a chord is the note or pitch seven scale degrees above the root or tonal center.[1] When the seventh is the bass note, or lowest note, of the expressed chord, the chord is in third inversion Playā.
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Conventionally, the seventh is fourth in importance to the root, fifth, and third, with third inversion being the third strongest inversion and the seventh variably minor or major.