![]() Since in most Western music, major is the "default" scale, we might expect "C7" to denote C major 7th - C,E,G,B. So the chord of C dominant 7th is C,E,G,B♭. The C dominant scale contains the same notes as F major, since C is F's 5th: ![]() and the chord of G dominant 7th is the triad plus the 7th from that scale - G,B,D,F So since the C major scale is C,D,E,F,G,A,B, then the G dominant scale is G,A,B,C,D,E,F Other intervals have names like "subdominant" (4th) and "mediant" (3rd), which at least don't confuse you by having instinctive meanings.ĥth relative to C is G. However, try to forget the "English" meaning of the word "dominant" - otherwise you might expect C to be the "dominant" of C. The 5th is known as the dominant, because it is the "most important" interval (among other things, it's the first harmonic other than the octave). It is so called because B♭ is the 7th note of the C dominant scale (also known as the Mixolydian scale).
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