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    Dominant/Diminished Related Chords

    Dr. John Cipolla


    The 3 Diminished 7th Chords
    If you invert each chord (flip the bottom note of the chord to the top so you have a new bass note in the chord),
    you get the same diminished 7th chord, just spelled in a different order, with a new bass note.
    Therefore, since you can spell each chord with 4 different bass notes, and since there are 12 keys,
    you really only have 3 diminished 7th chords to learn. Play these at the piano and you will understand this better.
    We spelled each chord enharmonically (this means an E and F flat are the same)
    4 b œ b b œ
    œ nbnœœœ œ nœœœ nnbn œœœœ œ n b œ
    œ nb b œœœ
    & 4 bn n œœœ bnb œœœ n n œœ œ
    bœ nb œœœœ b œ
    nn œœ œb bbnœœœ bbnœœœ n b œœ n œ
    œ
    B flat diminished 7th B diminished 7th C diminished 7th

    Dominants/diminished Related chords


    If you lower each note of the dim 7th chord (one at a time)
    B Flat Diminished 7th Chord a half step, you get a dominant 7th chord. These can be
    4 (spelled correctly or enharmonically) called the "related" dominants
    & bb  œœœ Ó
    b œ OR
    bnbn œœœœ #nnn œœœœ nnbn œœœœ bbbn œœœœ bnbb œœœœ
    B flat Dim 7 A7 C7 E flat 7 G flat 7

    Diminished or 1/2 step/Whole step scale


    If you combine the B flat dim 7th chord with the A dim 7th, you get a half step/whole step scale
    that has all the "color" notes to use over a dominant 7th chord.
    6 The A dim 7th is formed from the roots of the "related" dominant 7th chords (A, C, E flat, G flat)
    & bn n œœœ Ó  
    bœ nbnb œœœœ œ b œ n œ b œ b œ nœ b œ nœ
    B flat Dim 7 A dim 7

    Putting the related dominants in a solo


    Piano player plays the A7 chord and the horn player can
    play any of the 4 dominant 7ths over the A7 chord.
    The Glue that holds the 4 dominants together is the "related"
    diminished 7th, the B flat diminished 7th
    11
    A7 Horn Player C7 Horn player E flat7 Horn Player G flat7 Horn player
    & n n œœ Œ Ó n n œœ Œ Œ Œ bb n œœœ Œ Ó bbbn œœœœ
    Œ Ó 
    # n œœ n b œœ bœ
    A7 Piano player A7 Piano player A7 Piano player A7 Piano player

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