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Diminished triad

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music, the diminished triad nearly always appears on the second scale degree, forming a generally maudlin and dejected ii with its members, 2–4–
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between the third and fifth, three semitones between the root and third, and six semitones between the root and fifth.
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The vii in major keys is relatively less common than the ii, but still does happen. It is almost always used to
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the relative minor, in progressions such as vii–V/vi–vi, which resembles ii–V–i in the relative minor.
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If the music is in a minor key, diminished triads can also be found on the raised seventh note,
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Das Wesen des musikalischen Kunstwerks: Eine Einführung in Die Lehre Heinrich Schenkers
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The leading-tone diminished triad and supertonic diminished triad are usually found in
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chord rather than a structural chord since the strong root motion by fifth is absent.
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For example, the diminished triad built on B, written as B, has pitches B-D-F:
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On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
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On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
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has a raised sixth and seventh degree. For example, the chord progression
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A diminished triad substituting for dominant chord in
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Oxford University Press, USA. p.  952: 525: 267:, the leading-tone triad functions as a 1643:Music in Theory and Practice: Volume II 1478: 468:is too flat and 45:54:64 is preferred. 1777: 25: 1538:Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I 192:, the diminished triad is considered 7: 1739:Esquisse de l'histoire de l'harmonie 181:The chord can be represented by the 472:describes the diminished triad as 355:6." Songs that feature ii include 14: 1708:. Yale University Press. p.  1560:Benward & Saker (2003), p.77. 2480: 1332: 1244: 1233: 1134: 1047: 888: 759: 645: 1774:. Longmans, Green. p. 344. 430:, a diminished triad has three 341:Walter Everett writes that "In 16:Two minor thirds above the root 1581:Introduction to the Theory of 323:fully diminished seventh chord 1: 1452:Half-diminished seventh chord 428:twelve-tone equal temperament 306:ascending melodic minor scale 1457:Secondary leading-tone chord 213: 166: 1492:, p. 304. Forgotten Books. 325:, which commonly occurs in 2768: 2204:Dominant seventh flat five 795: 684: 553: 18: 2478: 1870: 1810:. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1736:; Arlin, Mary I. (1994). 1488:Shirlaw, Matthew (2012). 540: 535: 530: 528: 304:vii. This is because the 99: 72: 58: 51: 39: 32:Component intervals from 1702:Stephenson, Ken (2002). 1669:Everett, Walter (2009). 1467:Diminished seventh chord 385:Don't Look Back in Anger 154:diminished seventh chord 21:Diminished seventh chord 2721:Chord names and symbols 1673:The Foundations of Rock 1641:Benward; Saker (2009). 1536:Benward; Saker (2003). 218:download the audio file 171:download the audio file 2604:Secondary leading-tone 1734:Fétis, François-Joseph 947:Diminished chord table 423: 377:The Air That I Breathe 274:On the other hand, in 236:I, Prelude in G major. 190:common practice period 1804:Roig-Francolí, Miguel 1490:The Theory of Harmony 421: 401:Everytime You Go Away 365:Jay and the Americans 233:Well-Tempered Clavier 185:{0, 3, 6}. 2609:Secondary supertonic 509:(5-limit major), or 293:predominant function 276:natural minor scales 255:. This chord has a 452:Georg Andreas Sorge 118:minor flatted fifth 116:(also known as the 28: 2680:Chord-scale system 2599:Secondary dominant 1808:Harmony in Context 1768:Helmholtz, Hermann 1626:Roig-Francolí 2011 1614:Roig-Francolí 2011 1515:Genesis of a Music 536:Sorge (preferred)/ 424: 357:Santo & Johnny 252:leading-tone triad 124:consisting of two 2739: 2738: 2653: 2652: 2571:Chromatic mediant 2476: 2475: 2427:Viennese trichord 2089: 2088: 2084: 2083: 2080: 2062: 2038: 1880: 1753:978-0-945193-51-7 1719:978-0-300-09239-4 1688:978-0-19-531023-8 1652:978-0-07-310188-0 1583:Heinrich Schenker 1547:978-0-07-294262-0 1524:978-0-306-80106-8 1498:978-1-4510-1534-8 1441: 1440: 965:Diminished fifth 942: 941: 314:vii–i is common. 257:dominant function 222: 204:Harmonic function 175: 151: 106: 105: 2759: 2497: 2484: 2292: 2291: 2249:Harmonic seventh 2219:Diminished major 2134: 2116: 2109: 2102: 2093: 2078: 2076: 2075: 2070: 2069: 2060: 2058: 2057: 2052: 2051: 2036: 2034: 2033: 2028: 2027: 1878: 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Index

Diminished seventh chord
root
diminished fifth
tritone
minor third
root
Tuning
45:54:64
6:5
64:45
Forte no.
Complement
music theory
triad
minor thirds
root
minor triad
flattened
fifth
chord symbols
diminished seventh chord
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integer notation
common practice period
dissonant
diminished fifth
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J. S. Bach's
Well-Tempered Clavier
major scales

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