After working with major, minor, dominant, and half-diminished chords, it’s time to explore fully diminished 7ths and ...

They are often used as passing chords or to allow specific notes of a scale to be emphasised. The Min7b5 chord, while it is a part of the diminished chord family, has a less dissonant sound compared ...

This time, we will focus on diminished 7 chords, which I’ll refer to simply as diminished. Let’s begin our investigation of how to bring in diminished chords in the same way we covered the ...

Willcocks, following a rising figure full of anticipation, places an explosive, half-diminished seventh chord under the text “Word,” resolving it elaborately over the next few measures.