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  2. Irregular resolution - Wikipedia

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    This works because diminished seventh chords are structurally equivalent in all of their inversions (a stack of minor thirds), so any note in a diminished seventh chord can be seen as the root note. The most important irregular resolution is the deceptive cadence , [ 3 ] most commonly V 7 –vi in major or V 7 –VI in minor.

  3. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    the chord quality (e.g. minor or lowercase m, or the symbols o or + for diminished and augmented chords, respectively; chord quality is usually omitted for major chords) whether the chord is a triad, seventh chord, or an extended chord (e.g. Δ 7) any altered notes (e.g. sharp five, or ♯ 5) any added tones (e.g. add2)

  4. Tonicization - Wikipedia

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    However, a B diminished chord (B, D, F) may not be tonicized because "B diminished" could not be a stable key area; there is no key area in Western classical music that has B, D, & F—the pitches that make up the B diminished chord—as the first, third and fifth scale degrees, respectively. This holds true of all diminished and augmented chords.

  5. Augmented second - Wikipedia

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    Augmented second on C Play ⓘ. In classical music from Western culture, an augmented second is an interval that, in 12-tone equal temperament, is sonically equivalent to a minor third, spanning three semitones, and is created by widening a major second by a chromatic semitone.

  6. Diminution - Wikipedia

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    Half-diminished seventh chord on C (Play ⓘ). A diminished triad with a minor seventh is a half-diminished chord, usually notated either Cm 7(♭ 5) or C ø7. A diminished triad played over a root a major third away creates a Dominant 7th chord, notated C 7, with a C Major triad on the bottom, and an E° from the chord third of C (C E G B ...

  7. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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    minor major seventh chord: augmented major seventh chord: augmented seventh chord: dominant seventh chord: dominant seventh flat five chord: half-diminished seventh chord: sus2 triad add7 ♭5 double harmonic scale, Dorian ♭2 ♯3 ♭6 ♯7 scale major seventh chord: minor seventh chord: minor sixth chord, (equivalent: half-diminished seventh ...

  8. Altered chord - Wikipedia

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    An altered seventh chord is a seventh chord with one, or all, [15] of its factors raised or lowered by a semitone (altered), for example, the augmented seventh chord (7+ or 7+5) featuring a raised fifth (C E G ♯ B ♭ [16] (C 7+5: C–E–G ♯ –B ♭). The factors most likely to be altered are the fifth, then the ninth, then the thirteenth ...

  9. Harmonization - Wikipedia

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    the fifth note the V major chord (or even a dominant 7th), the sixth note the vi minor chord, the seventh note the vii diminished chord and; the octave would be a I major chord. Using the minor (aeolian mode) one would have: i minor, ii diminished, (♭)III major, iv minor, v minor, (♭)VI major, (♭)VII major and; the i minor an octave ...