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- How do you identify a diminished 7th chord?
- What is the difference between a half diminished 7th chord and a fully diminished 7th chord?
- Which degree of the scale is a diminished chord?
- What is the difference between a minor 7th and a diminished 7th?
How do you identify a diminished 7th chord?
A diminished seventh chord is a diminished triad, with an added note of a diminished seventh interval from the root. A diminished seventh chord contrasts from the half-diminished seventh chord in its seventh note; the half-diminished seventh is a diminished triad with a note added that is a minor seventh from the root.
What is the difference between a half diminished 7th chord and a fully diminished 7th chord?
The fully diminished seventh can be indicated as dim7 or with the ° symbol. A half-diminished seventh chord is a diminished triad with a minor seventh added to the chord and can be indicated with the ø symbol. A diminished major seventh chord is a diminished triad with a major seventh, often indicated with °M.
Which degree of the scale is a diminished chord?
The diminished triad is what naturally occurs on the 7th degree of the major scale. It's 1-f3-f5. That's a root, minor 3rd, and flat (or diminished) 5th, three minor 3rds in a row.
What is the difference between a minor 7th and a diminished 7th?
The half diminished chord (m7b5) has a minor seventh (7) - it's a m7 chord wth a flat five (b5). The diminished chord has a diminished seventh (dim7, °7). The minor 7th is again decreased by a semitone and hence is equivalent to a sixth (6) - only the theoretical approach is different.
