Blue Hawaiian Moonlight
(in C6th tuning)

Tablature for Lap Steel Guitar by David J. Stewart. Key of F. Notice that C# is being used for the bottom 6th string instead of the standard C note; thus giving us a Dominant A7th chord open on strings 3,4,5 and 6. Strumming the same strings with the bar resting on fret 3 would give us a Dominant C7th chord.

You can see below how the dominant 7th chord doesn't form naturally from the scale of A. We need a G, not a G# Major.

Key of A:

A (1st)

B

C# (3rd)

D

E (5th)

F#

G# (7th)

Since our required chord note is G, we have to flat the 7th note from G# major to G dominant instead. To understand this mathematical mystery of the Dominant 7th chord and where it gets it's dominant 7th name, I go into depth on my C6th scales page explaining the Dominant 7th Chord. However, it's quite simple. In the key of D, all of our notes appear with a naturally occurring dominant 7th note...

Key of D:

D

E (5th)

F#

G (7th)

A (1st)

B

C# (3rd)

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