<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> -- Brett<br>
</div>...and since this was a pretty basic question let me focus on just one<br>
difference between the two chords: the half-step between the dominant 7<br>
and the major 7.<br>
<br>
The word major in that chord's name indicates that the seventh note in<br>
the scale is raised a half-step over the same chord without that<br>
designation in the name. Same applies with a Major 9th chord - the<br>
seventh is again a half-step higher than in a plain 9th<br>
<br>
Frank<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>Thanks! I guess this is why I posted this question on this list :)<br><br>*me = walking back to his 'piano' to hit some keys...<br></div>