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	Chord
		Chords are also said to have a function in their diatonic scale, which relates to the expected resolution of each chord within a key.
		When a chord progression resolves to a III or IV chord, it is called a Tonic Substitution, because the stable III or VI chord is being used as a substitute for the expected I chord.
		The dominant seventh chord is useful to composers because of the fact that it is a major chord with a very strong sound, that also includes a tritone between the third and seventh of the chord.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Chord.html (2241 words)

	Chord Notation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A chord symbol is a letter and/or accidental which indicates a root pitch on which a chord is to be built and other symbols which indicate the chord quality.
		In this example the guitarist strums an A minor-minor seventh chord, a D major-minor seventh chord, a G major-major seventh chord, and a C major-major seventh chord.
		The chord is spelled F#, A, C, E. Finally a B major-minor seventh chord is followed by an Em triad.
	www.alcorn.edu /musictheory/Version2/theory1/Chord1.htm (671 words)

	Diminished chord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the common practice period, the diminished chord is considered dissonant, or unstable.
		The diminished fifth is part of the strong sense of resolution possible in the progression from the dominant seventh to the tonic.
		In a twelve tone equal tempered tuning, a diminished chord has 3 semitones between the third and fifth, 3 between the root and third, and 6 between the root and fifth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diminished_chord (509 words)

	Diminished 7th Chord
		Recall that chords come in two basic parts, a letter name (C, C#, etc.) also known as a root note (tonic, 1), and a descriptive part that abbreviates the name of the chord (is a short-hand for all the intervals of each distinct note from the root note).
		Sometimes the Diminished seventh chord is refered to as a fully-diminished seventh chord, in order to make sure that there is no confusion between the diminished seventh chord, the half-diminished seventh chord, and the diminished chord (diminihsed triad).
		Diminished Seventh chords are often heard as passing chords, that is they are created as temporary chords while moving from one chord to another, in a series of chords.
	members.aol.com /snglstring2/chords/dim7.html (1298 words)

	Guitar Theory Resources Diminished Scales
		Diminished patterns have been around for a long time, used in Classical music and especially Jazz, and are now a staple diet for all guitar players.
		The small circle next to the chord indicates that it is a diminished chord.
		By lowering any of the notes in a diminished chord one semitone you create a Dominant 7th chord based on the note you have moved to.
	members.tripod.com /~johncomino/dimsc.htm (626 words)

	Seventh chord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Called the Dominant Seventh because its intervallic relationships occur naturally in the seventh chord built on the dominant scale degree of a given key (e.g., G7 in the key of C major), the dominant seventh chord was the first to begin to appear regularly in Western music.
		The dominant seventh chord is useful to composers because it is a major chord with a very strong sound, that also includes a tritone between the third and seventh of the chord.
		While the dominant seventh chord is typically built on the fifth (or dominant) degree of a major scale, the minor seventh chord is built on the second, third, or sixth degree.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seventh_chord (929 words)

	Guitar chord theory reference table - summary of chord types, chord symbols and spellings
		All the chord spellings are given in relation to the notes of the major scale, i.e a chord described as 1, 3, 5, b7 means you need the 1st, 3rd, 5th and flat 7th of the major scale to build the chord.
		Diminished chords: the double flat 7th (bb7) is the note two semitones (half-steps) below the natural 7th of the scale.
		Others argue that add2 implies a chord voicing in which the 2nd and 3rd are next to each other, whereas add9 implies the added note is not adjacent to the 3rd.
	www.jmdl.com /howard/music/quick_crd_ref.html (576 words)

	TonalityGUIDE: diminished seventh chords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Chord vii in both major and minor often resolves onto I. This function is sometimes called dominant substitution - the diminished seventh takes over the role usually played by the dominant in a perfect cadence.
		Chord vii consists of the same notes as a dominant seventh (V7) but without the root of this chord.
		Diminished sevenths usually resolve according to the following general rule: the two diminished fifths marked on the first example below pull inwards to a third as shown.
	www.tonalityguide.com /xxdim7.php (310 words)

	Anonymous Juice: The Best Guitar Chord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The diminished chord consists of the tonic, flat 3rd, diminished 5th,and diminished 7th: eg.
		The diminished chord is the mysterious stranger whose accent you can’t quite recognize—a citizen of the world.
		As the speed of light confounds the common properties of Matter-Space-Time, the fusion of speed and the diminished chord rejects the principles of 18th century harmony, collapsing modulation in on itself.
	www.anonymousjuice.com /print/2/bestchord.html (666 words)

	Beginning Harmonic Analysis
		The most likely chords to show up in a key are the chords that use only the notees in that key (no accidentals).
		The chords built on the second, third, and sixth degrees of the scale are always minor chords (ii, iii, and vi).
		And the chord built on the seventh degree of the scale is a diminished chord.
	cnx.org /content/m11643/latest (1220 words)

	Exploring 7th chords - The Staple of Jazz and Blues Music
		Diminished chords are weird because you have to distinguish between half diminished and full diminished 7th chords.
		The hardest part of learning and using 7th chords (as well as extended and altered chords) is the fact that there is no standard way to write them.
		The standard blues progression is based off of the I, IV and V chords from the chord scale, but each chord is treated as a Dominant 7 chord.
	www.zentao.com /guitar/theory/7th-chords.html (1349 words)

	Chord Theory - Creative Keyboard, November 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Chords can be varied in many ways: you can add notes to an existing chord (e.g., the sixth), replace chord tones (e.g., use the fourth instead of the third), alter chord tones by flattening or raising them, and many combinations of the ones mentioned above.
		In traditional harmony, these chords are thought of as tension chords, meaning they have to be resolved into their corresponding tonic chord (down a fifth).
		It is regarded as part of the chord, not as an option (as, for example, are the ninth, eleventh and thirteenth).
	www.creativekeyboard.com /nov01/chordtheory.html (873 words)

	Lesson 24: Diminished Chords
		Diminished 7th chords add a VI degree to the Diminished Chord.
		Diminished 7th are so easy to remember because all you have to do is use one of the diminished chord patterns (shown below) and find the root note in any position of it.
		In other words, if you want a C diminished 7 chord, all you have to do is find a C in any place in the pattern.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/f/p/fpm108/glw/lessons/lesson24.htm (187 words)

	How To Form 7th Chords - Evangelistic Gospel Piano
		All 7th chords are formed as a combination of of four notes (i.e., a basic triad, accompanied by a fourth note, the interval of a 7th above the root).
		The Diminished 7th chord, sometimes referred to as the "Fully" Diminished 7th chord in order to differentiate between it and the Half Diminished Chord, is the "lowest" chord arrangement possible for 7ths.
		The Augmented 7th chord is often seen as a hybrid between an Augmented chord, and a Dominant 7th chord, because of its Augmented/Minor form.
	www.evangelisticpiano.com /chords_7ths.php (1874 words)

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		You could also include the 9th in an 11th chord, or the 9th and 11th in a 13th chord, but on a guitar this is usually not done.
		The diminished chords is either written as 'dim' or sometimes using a small circle like the symbol for degrees.
		The difference between this one and a 'normal' diminished is that the 7th of the chord is a flat 7th not a double flat 7th (hence half-diminished).
	www.harmony-central.com /Guitar/chord-formation.txt (3373 words)

	Article 3
		The intermediate jazz improviser is content to play the diminished chord (and most other chords, for that matter) only through the 7th of the chord, while the advanced jazz improviser uses all eight notes of the chord.
		While the upper four notes of the diminished chord are evocative and sophisticated, the mature improviser can choose as many or as few of these notes as is necessary to convey the desired musical mood.
		An excellent way to study the diminished chord is to examine the compositions of the masters of the jazz/standard form.
	www.gregfishmanjazzstudios.com /articles/article3.html (1667 words)

	MMC presents... Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory: Major/Minor/Diminished Chord Theory
		Whether a chord is major or minor depends on the interval, or musical distance, between the root and third, and the root and fifth.
		If you try to build a chord on the G#, the three pitches are G#-B-D. The interval between G# and B is a minor third, but the interval between G# and D is not a perfect fifth (seven half steps), it is six half steps.
		Simply notice the bass note of the G#º is on the sixth string and the bass note of the C#º is on the fifth string.
	www.geocities.com /mike_mccracker/chords/theory.htm (745 words)

	101 Things You Can Do With A Diminished Seventh Chord
		A diminished seventh chord consists of a stack of minor thirds, or a diminished triad with an additional third on top.
		In a common-tone resolution of a leading tone seventh, at least one chord tone is held in common with the chord of resolution while the other three notes of the seventh move by step.
		Sometimes a diminished seventh neither functions as a leading tone seventh nor resolves as a common tone seventh.
	www.lsu.edu /faculty/jperry/virtual_textbook/dim_7th.htm (547 words)

	Chord Naming
		Note that the chords change in a regular pattern, such as once per measure or every two beats (this is called harmonic rhythm), but the voicings and inversions can vary arbitrarily throughout the period of the chord as the performers desire.
		The true augmented chord is a very colourful chord which is not often used.
		In many forms of music, the only chord types ever used are triads (i.e., the first three degrees of a chord), so it is possible to specify nothing more than major or minor.
	www.standingstones.com /chordname.html (1624 words)

	Half-diminished seven chord
		In the harmonic minor scale, the m7b5 chord is the ii7b5.
		Similar to I-#iø7-ii7-V7, is IVmaj7-#ivø7-V7-I. We often see Half-diminished seventh chords (and diminished seventh chords; o7 = 1,b3,b5,bb7) as passing chords, where maybe due to a moving voice, they eare temporarily created in the movement.
		Having now looked at all 4 seventh chords created by stacking thirds in the major scale we can reconsider the circle of 5ths in the major scale using 7th chords.
	members.aol.com /snglstring2/chords/halfdim7.html (1093 words)

	Lesson- 'Expanding Your Chord Vocabulary' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		There’s one place in a chord progression where diminished chords are fairly common: to connect the 5 and 6m chords.
		For instance, in the key of G, you’d have a D chord, D#º (sharp diminished), and an Em chord.
		The only other diminished chord you’re likely to find in popular music is the #4º after a 4 chord in a blues or ragtime tune.
	www.acguitar.com /lessons/talley/3.shtml (179 words)

	A Diminished Chord Shapes
		These are all based on the sixth position A diminished as the base, There is only one diminished chord for each key.
		These chords are right on the edge of being minor - With the Major C A G E D Shapes and Minor C A G E D Shapes each shape can be used three times, this is not the case with the diminished shapes...
		The roman numeral for the diminished chord is VII.
	www.guitarweek.com /shapes/a-dim.php (108 words)

	The Diminished Chord Button
		In spelling it as a diminished triad in root position, it can be seen that the three tones which spell the 'C' diminished button (A-C-Eb) indicate the 3rd, 5th and 7th of a dominant chord with the root (F) omitted.
		Now, in order to complete the dominant 7th chord, by causing the missing root (F) to sound, it is necessary to add a bass button, or another chord button.
		For instance, sustain "C" diminished button with the 2nd finger while progressing from 'F' major chord button (4th Finger) to 'Eb' diminished chord button (5th finger).
	janpress.freeservers.com /LCgrini.htm (442 words)

	Augmented Diminished Dementia - Guitar Noise
		The root of this chord is on both of the E strings (first and sixth), while the third is on the G and the seventh is on the D. Now, let's put the augmented chord on hold for a moment and take a quick look at our second feature, if you will.
		The root is on the A string, while the flatted fifth is on the D string and the minor third is on the B string.
		So let's remember that our diminished chord is made by taking the root, adding a minor third to it and then another minor third, which gives us the flat fifth.
	www.guitarnoise.com /article.php?id=443 (3048 words)

	Gutar secrets diatonic guitar chord exercises
		The Dm chord would be the D F A. Em would be E G B. The F would be F A C, G would be G B D, Am would be A C E and the B diminished would be B D and F. All major keys would work the same way.
		The notes that make up the Dm chord are as follows, D, F and A. The illustration to the left shows the fingering pattern for the Dm chord.
		E B G. The illustration to the left shows the fingering pattern for the Em chord, notice that is is the same as the Dm chord, but it starts on the E note, 7th fret.
	guitarsecrets.com /diatonic_chord_exercises.htm (1448 words)

	Frets - Harmonys Secret Handshake
		Out of context, diminished chords can sound a bit ambiguous—you probably wouldn’t vamp on a diminished chord for any extended period of time like you might on a dominant-7th or minor chord.
		2, the melodic distance from the root to the b3 is a minor third interval (or three half-steps), from the 3 to the b5 a minor third, and from the b5 to the bb7 (double-flatted, or diminished, 7) a minor third.
		And, while you could look up fingerings for diminished chords in a book, the sly way to perform this entire process is simply to raise the root of your original dominant-7th chord a half-step (without changing any of the other notes).
	www.fretsmag.com /story.asp?storycode=8674 (869 words)

	Hans Palm's Accordion Page: Chord combining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Lastly, most of the commonly used chords in the key of C are summarized with the combinations that can be used to create them - a resorting of the material already described with a bit of new material as well.
		The accordion creates triads (3 part chords) for all of the Maj, Min, 7th, and Dim 7 chord buttons (some accordions may not, but all in my experience do) This is curious because Dominant 7th chords and Diminished chords are, in theory, 4 part chords.
		The 5th is understood to be G since it is not there and the chord is heard as Cm6 or Am7(b5)/C. Another more useful way to play this chord is to play Cm/A using the A counterbass which is easily reached.
	www.accordionpage.com /chcomb.html (2220 words)

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