♭VII-V⁷ cadence

In music, the ♭VII-V⁷ cadence is a cadence using the chord progression from the subtonic (flat-VII) to dominant seventh (V7).

A "mainstay in all rock styles of the '60s", the cadence occurs in Link Wray and His Ray Men's "Rumble", Duane Eddy's "Because They're Young", the Velvet Underground & Nico's "Sunday Morning", Joan Baez's "Fare Thee Well" (all 1958-60), and Al Caiola's 1961 "The Magnificent Seven" (0:15-0:17) and "Bonanza" (0:26-0:27).^[1]

See also

• Backdoor progression

Sources

1. ^ Everett, Walter (2009). The Foundations of Rock: from "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", p.278. ISBN 0195310233.