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20/04/2007 1:54 pm
A diminished chord is four minor thirds (I-b3-b5-bb7) C#dim7 is C#-E-G-A#(Bb). A half diminished chord (m7b5) have only one flat to the seventh C#m7b5 is C#-E-G-B.
20/04/2007 7:59 pm
C#m7(b5) or C# half diminshed seventh chord naturally occurs on the 7th degree of the major scale and the 2nd degree of the natural minor scale.
A fully diminished seventh chord is not diatonic, and therefore will always be written with an accidental. They are great for switching keys because any one of the 4 chord members can function as the root with the quality remaining unchanged.
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