♭VII-V7 cadence

♭VII-V⁷ cadence in C

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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 Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", 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", and Al Caiola's 1961 "The Magnificent Seven" (0:15-0:17) and "Bonanza" (0:26-0:27).^[1]

♭III-V7 cadence

A similar cadence to the ♭VII-V7 cadence is the ♭III-V7 cadence, the first chord of each sharing the notes B♭ and D. In this cadence the ♭VII is replaced with the ♭III. In the key of C this would be E♭-G7-C (♭III-V7-I).

This cadence occurs in The Beatles' "Something", Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride", and Muse (band)'s "New Born".

Sources

↑ Everett, Walter (2009). The Foundations of Rock: from "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", p.278. ISBN 0-19-531023-3.

Cadences

Andalusian Backdoor progression Cadenza Corelli English Landini Lydian Picardy third Turnaround ii-V-I turnaround V-IV-I turnaround ♭VII-V7 cadence

Chord progressions

Terminology

By number
of chords

Three	I–IV–V–I ii–V–I turnaround V–IV–I turnaround ♭VII–V7 cadence Backdoor progression Eight-bar blues Twelve-bar blues ("Bird" changes) Sixteen-bar blues Passamezzo moderno

Four	50s progression Andalusian cadence Folia I−vi−ii−V Montgomery-Ward bridge Passamezzo antico I–V–vi–IV ("pop-punk") Romanesca Tadd Dameron turnaround

By name

List of chord progressions

♭VII-V7 cadence

♭III-V7 cadence

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