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Diminished chords are comprised of a root, its minor third, and its diminished 5th. The distance between the minor third and the diminished fifth is another minor third, so the chord is composed of 2 minor thirds and 1 diminished fifth (and their inverses).
== PreReqs ==
* [[C Major Chord]]
* [[G Major Chord]]
* [[Music Theory - Diatonic Chord Progressions]]
== Open Position B Diminished Triad ==
Using the denominator method of analyzing intervals, we get the following order from most harmonic to least: P5, P4, M6, M3, m3, m6, 7, M2, M7, d5. The d5 is the least harmonic, and it's quite apparent when playing the B dim chord. This means the vii chord not only has tension in the context of the tonality and its placement inside a progression, but it is also quite dissonant and tense in and of itself.
== Q & A ==
== Related Lessons ==
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