Guitar Series: Book 1- Chord Progression Systems Return to catalog Table Of Contents   TO UNDERSTAND AND USE THIS BOOK   THE COMPLETE CYCLE OF FIFTHS   TRIAD PROGRESSIONS AROUND THE COMPLETE CYCLE OF FIFTHS     Major Triads     Minor Triads   SUBDOMINANT MAJOR AND MINOR TRIADS   PROGRESSIONS USING TONIC, SUBDOMINANT AND DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORDS     Major Keys     Minor Keys   MIXED DIATONIC TRIADS   ROOT MOTION BY THIRD   COMBINED DOWNWARD THIRD AND CYCLE OF FIFTHS ROOT MOTION   SEVENTH CHORD PROGRESSIONS AROUND THE COMPLETE CYCLE OF FIFTHS     Dominant Sevenths     Major Sevenths     Minor Sevenths     Half-diminished Sevenths   MIXED SEVENTH CHORD TYPES   THUMB LINES   PROGRESSIONS INCLUDING DIMINISHED SEVENTH CHORDS   ADDITIONAL SONGS FOR PRACTICE   CHORD SYMBOL ABBREVIATIONS	Sample Page... Major Sevenths Unlike Dominant sevenths, Major seventh chords rarely form chains of more than two in the cycle of fifths, and when they do link together, they usually substitute for the I and IV Major triads. Since progressions in later sections of this book will illustrate consecutive Major sevenths, no songs need be included with the following Major seventh cycle-of-fifth chains. In playing the examples, notice that each Major seventh chord looks like some Dominant seventh whose seventh has been raised one fret: Alternating root position and second inversion chords on the bottom four strings: Alternating first and third inversions: Alternating root positions and second inversions on the middle four strings: