Originally Posted by Todd Tipton
There are already great responses. Let's see if I can say it in a very simple way:
Play the following notes from the C major scale : C, D, E, F, G, A, B
Your ear wants to hear the B go to the C. Remember that. My example didn't sound finished. Like, "Where is the last note? Finish!"
Now, play the following notes from the same scale.: C, B, A, G, F
It may be more subtle, but you ear wants to hear the F go to the E. Remember that, too.
So the B wants to go to the C. The F wants to go to the E. When you play a G7 chord and then a C chord, both happen at the same time. In my examples, you heard that one note want to move to another. With both happening at the same time, that feeling is twice as strong.
Think about the notes in the G7: g, b, d, and f. Both B and F are tendency tones that want to go to C and E.
The notes of a C chord: c,e,and g. The B went to a C, and the F went to an E.
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