dominant seventh chord

British  

noun

1. a chord consisting of the dominant and the major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh above it. Its most natural resolution is to a chord on the tonic

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Example Sentences

But the vagueness adds a note of restlessness and instability to the entire organization, a dominant seventh chord crying to resolve into something simple and basic.

From Washington Post

Ms. Fure isn’t interested in “noise for noise’s sake,” but in “specific colors, colors that don’t fit into a dominant seventh chord.”

From New York Times

But although the major triad and even the dominant seventh chord could be traced back to the harmonics, the minor triad proved a different matter; after many experiments Rameau gave it up, leaving it unaccounted for.

From Project Gutenberg