Chord without a third · Rules
A chord never goes without its third: without it, it sounds like a bare fifth. The fifth may be omitted (for example, in V7 or in the I that follows it).
- Chord without a third: A chord never goes without its third: without it, it sounds like a bare fifth. The fifth may be omitted (for example, in V7 or in the I that follows it). (Piston, ch. 3, p. 27; ch. 15, p. 239)