Tetrad Harmony

5 gamessecondary path

Hear & build major 7th, dominant 7th and minor 7th tetrads in various shapes — the triads you know, each with a 7th added, taking you over 90% of the way to chord fluency.

Why

  • 7th chords are the core vocabulary of harmony — build them by ear and you can play through chord changes

  • This is the foundation of jazz harmony

The path

  1. Build Basic Shapes
  2. Build Useful Shapes
  3. Build Inversions
  4. Pick Roots
  5. Pick Chords

On the instrument

Tetrads on the Instrument