diminished seventh chord

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(Music) (Music / Pop Music) a chord often used in an enharmonic modulation and very common in modern music, esp jazz and pop music, consisting of a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh above the root Often shortened to diminished seventh

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diminished seventh chord			You will have to use major7, minor7, dominant7 and diminished seventh chords in the key of C. Accompaniment on Piano by Melanie Smith / Arts and entertainment industries community Focusing on dominant and diminished seventh chords, he looks at Schenker's writings and others on the topic, argues that this prolongation can be justified, and discusses many examples in pieces by composers Schenker admired. Prolongation of seventh chords in tonal music; v.1: Text by Reference & Research Book News A diminished seventh chord in closed position has different four notes, each of which is separated from the other by a distance of three semitones. The Undiminished Importance of Diminished Seventh Chords by Daniel Friedman / Reference and Education community			Dimetane Dimetapp dimeter dimethoate dimethyl dimethyl ketone dimethylformamide dimethylglyoxime dimethylnitrosamine dimethylsulfoxide dimethylsulphoxide dimetric dimetrodon Dimication dimidiate dimidiation dimin. diminish diminishable diminished diminished arch diminished capacity Diminished column diminished responsibility Diminished scale diminished seventh chord Diminisher diminishing diminishing returns Diminishing rule Diminishing stile Diminishingly Diminishment diminuendo Diminuent Diminutal Diminute Diminutely diminution Diminutival diminutive Diminutively Diminutiveness Dimish Dimission dimissory Dimit Dimitrovo dimity dimly DIMM			diminish in quality diminish the price of diminish the value of diminishable diminishable diminished diminished diminished diminished diminished arch diminished arch diminished bar diminished capacity diminished capacity diminished capacity Diminished chord Diminished column Diminished column Diminished Early Expiratory Flow Ventilation Diminished fifth Diminished Gluteal Syndrome Diminished interval Diminished interval Diminished interval Diminished Optic Fixation Inhibition Diminished responsibility Diminished responsibility Diminished responsibility Diminished scale Diminished seventh diminished seventh chord diminished stile diminished stile Diminisher diminishes diminishes diminishing diminishing diminishing courses Diminishing Manufacturing Source Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Diminishing Manufacturing Sources File Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Record Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Review Board Diminishing marginal utility Diminishing marginal utility Diminishing marginal utility Diminishing marginal utility diminishing piece diminishing pipe Diminishing Return Diminishing Return diminishing returns diminishing returns diminishing returns diminishing returns diminishing returns diminishing returns, law Diminishing returns, law of Diminishing returns, law of Diminishing returns, law of

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