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G7 Chord, G7 Notes, and V7 Resolution
The V7 chord seeks to resolve to the tonic chord. For example, the G7 chord seeks to resolve to C major. When you progress from the G7 chord to C major, you move from these notes of the G7 chord:
G – B – D – F
to these notes of the C major chord:
C – E – G
(The G7 chord also seeks to resolve to the C minor chord, but not quite as strongly. The C minor chord has that ♭3 note, so the distance from the 4 note to the ♭3 is a whole tone instead of a semitone.)
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The scale relationship of the note B in the G7 chord (the chord being left behind) with respect to the root note C (the foundation note) in the new chord, C major, is 7 – 1 (8).
Your brain feels a strong sense of satisfaction when the note B in the G7 chord resolves to the root note C in the new chord, C major.