Originally Posted by: ZamboniYes, it is reffering to the actual notes.

To the threadstarter, a dominant seventh chord is naturally build on the 5th degree of the major scale, but it can be played in other places. A dominant chord has a Root, 3rd, 5th (not essential), and a flat 7th.

but its a fifth. its ALWAYS going to be a perfect fifth meaning its always going to be 7 frets away. in every scale and every chord. theres no major or minor 5th. there a tritone (flat five/sharp 4) but thats not what were talking about.