Reply #7: Thanks, Professor

[Don Claybrook]

Regarding your third point (and XNASA alluded to this also, I think):
Would I not be arrested for crimes against music for NOT having the bass note on the bottom (in your example, 3,5,7,1 & 5,1,3,7)? I didn't know this. I also have questions about rootless chords, but I'll ask that of the poster below who mentioned it.

As to learning all of the 7th chord arpeggios in all 12 keys...I'm slowly getting there. I can reel off the major scales with few accidentals (C, G, Bb)very quickly. I can name all of the scales, but in doing so, you'd see me mumbling mnemonics, counting on my fingers, and eventually coming up with the right scale. I have lots of work to do in this area.

Next...thanks very much for the minor of the 5th advice. I had never heard this before, so I can't wait to get home to try it. To make certain I understand you correctly, I hope you don't mind me trying another example, using G7 as a starting point (I'm assuming this just works for dom7th, not major or minor??):

Key of C==> V7=G7
Left Hand (G7): G-B-D-F, Right Hand (Dm7): D-F-A-C.
And I'm guessing that you mean I am to play the doubled notes also (in other words, play 8 notes total, even though the D & F are doubled)...or do I just play G-B-D-F with A-C in the right?

Again, thank you for your help. It is appreciated.