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In dominant function, the VII half diminished chord, like its fully diminished counterpart, can take the place of the dominant V chord at a point of cadential motion. This chord, sometimes called a leading-tone diminished seventh chord , is represented by the Roman numeral notation vii ø 7 , the root of which is the leading-tone to the tonic ...
dim for diminished; In addition, Δ is used for major seventh, [a] instead of the standard M, or maj; − is sometimes used for minor, instead of the standard m or min; a lowercase root note is sometimes used for minor, e.g. c instead of Cm + is used for augmented (A is not used) o is for diminished (d is not used) ø is used for half-diminished
A half-diminished seventh chord is a seventh chord built from the seventh degree of a major scale. It is considered "half-diminished" because a fully diminished seventh has a double-flatted (diminished) seventh, making it enharmonically the same as a major sixth. The half-diminished seventh chord uses a minor seventh over the root of a ...
The half diminished scale is a seven-note musical scale. It is more commonly known as the Locrian ♯ 2 scale [ 1 ] or the Aeolian ♭ 5 scale , names that avoid confusion with the diminished scale and the half-diminished seventh chord (minor seventh, diminished fifth).
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diminished: whole tone — Augmented scale: Augmented scale on C. Play ... Half diminished scale on C. Play ...
A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]
The diminished triad also contains a tritone in its construction, deriving its name from the diminished-fifth interval (i.e. a tritone). The half-diminished seventh chord contains the same tritone, while the fully diminished seventh chord is made up of two superposed tritones a minor third apart.