Harmonic seventh chord

modern addition (which is formally referred to as a tag) to the song "Happy Birthday to You" When sung by professional singers, the harmony on the word "more" typically takes the form of a harmonic seventh chord.[5] Wendy Carlos's alpha scale has, "excellent harmonic seventh chords ... using the inversion of 7:4, i.e. ⁠ 8 / 7 ⁠" (a septimal whole tone).22 equal temperament avoids this problem because it tempers out this comma, while still offering a reasonably good approximation of the harmonic seventh chord."Society arrangers believe that a song should contain anywhere from 35–60 percent dominant seventh chords to sound 'barbershop'—and when they do, barbershoppers speak of being in 'seventh heaven.It's easy: You can't mistake it, for the signs are clear; the overtones will ring in your ears; you'll experience a spinal shiver; bumps will stand out on your arms; you'll rise a trifle in your seat.It is normally voiced with the lowest note (the bass) on a root or a fifth, and its close harmony sound is one of the hallmarks of barbershop music.
" Tempered harmonic seventh" chord on C with the 7th at 950 cents above C. Play ⓘ See: three-quarter flat .
Just harmonic seventh chord on C with the 7th 968.826 cents above C, a septimal quarter tone lower than B ♭ . Play just ⓘ
Dominant seventh chord on C, C 7 , with the 7th 1000 cents above C. See flat . Play ⓘ
Successive seventh chords starting with a secondary dominant: V 7 /V (II 7 )–V 7 –I, in this case G 7 –C 7 –F). Note the chromatic voice leading (B ♮ –B ♭ –A), and that the F in the first chord is 27.26 cents lower than the F in the third chord. Play ⓘ
Equal tempered and just renditions of the harmonic seventh chord starting at 400 Hz. The audio file alternates between 12-TET and just, beginning with 12-TET: Play ⓘ
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