I'm reading this book "Twentieth Century Harmony" by Vincent Persichetti.
http://www.amazon.com/Twentieth-Century-Harmony-Creative-Aspects-Practice/dp/0393095398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382546091&sr=8-1&keywords=twentieth+century+harmonyHe made an interesting comment on pg. 75 "
It is possible to build seven different seventh chords with major and minor construction".
When I first read this, I thought I could finally "Get" all the sevenths down. So I went through the exercise and wrote them all down.
Too bad it was all a waste of time. Paul Hindemith doesn't put strict rules on what constitutes a 7th chord, in fact the only other place I know who does is wiki.
And we all know how useless wiki can be. To be fair, Vincent did not say these were the only 7ths.
In the end, I did not "Get it", and the time I spent finding all those seven 7ths was a waste. There are many more 7ths. i.e. b5 ones.
C E G# B ->Aug Maj 7th
C E G B -> Major 7th
C Eb G B -> min Maj 7th
C E G Bb -> Dom 7th
C Eb G Bb - > min 7th
C Eb Gb Bb -> Half dim
C Eb Gb Bbb -> Full dim
What 7th chord do you like playing that is not on the list above?For me, it is the French 6th, it has fun working with that chord.