Originally Posted by: shinyJust a minor discrepincy....
The 7 Chord is half diminished - a Minor 7 Flat 5, usually written m7b5. But if you're not adding the 7th to your chords, then you're right it would normaly be called diminished.
A Diminished 7th chord would have a double flatted 7th (which is a 6th) and does not occur in the major scale and modes, but it makes a great sub and everyone uses it all over the place!
Actually they're both forms of diminished 7th chords. They both feature Minor 3rds and Diminished 5ths, but if you add another major 3rd onto the currently diminished 5th then you get the the half diminished 7th. If you add an additional Minor 3rd after the diminished 5th you get a whole diminished 7th which would be the double flatted you speak of.
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