Re: Music theory help: diminished chords?

Jenn wrote:

Yep, the half diminished vii7 is diatonic (occurring without alteration) in major keys. For example in C major, b, d, f, a. In minor keys, the fully diminished vii7 is diatonic, i.e. in c minor: B, D, F, Ab. (The B is natural even though it's normally Bb in the key of c minor because it's common practice to raise the leading tone (7th step) of a minor key harmonically, especially in chords that have "dominant function", i.e. V and vii.

My head is starting to hurt! There is a point where all of this recurses on top of itself and becomes a meaningless cacophony of diachotomic sound - usually typified by Tom from Texas playing guitar and singing.

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