Diminished Scale

Diminished Scales Diatonic Functioning Diminish Chord

#I dim 7 ................................ resolve to ............................... II-7

I dim 7 ................................ resolve to .......................... I Maj 7

bIII dim 7 .............................. resolve to ............................... II-7 #II dim 7 ............................... resolve to ............................. III-7 #IV dim 7 .............................. resolve to ................................. V7 #V dim 7 ............................... resolve to ............................. VI-7 bVI dim 7 .............................. resolve to ................................. V7

V dim 7 ............................... resolve to ................................. V7

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All the diatonic functioning diminished chords must resolve by half step up or down, except I dim 7 and V dim 7 resolve to the same root.

C

I dim 7

I Maj 7

C di m7

C Maj7

& b b ∫ www w

F

www w

#

I dim 7 F #di m7

b

A wwww

G-9

D bdi m7 C #di m7

III dim 7

b & b b ∫ ∫b wwww

A ww # n ww

See Tip on Page 29.

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R

w

T9

∫w

T11

bœ

dim 5

(6)

œ Aw

œ

w

w

bœ b3

II-7

bw & b # www

Bb

œ

#œ

w

R

(2)

b3

(4)

Tb13

dim 5

∫œ

nw

dim 7

TM7

bœ

#w

dim 7

TM7

II-7 C -7

A A wwww

#œ R

w

(2)

nœ

b3

w

œ

(4)

dim 5

Jazz Theory II, Draft, ©1997 Hiroaki Honshuku (A-NO-NE Music, Cambridge, MA)

w Aœ

Tb13

dim 7

#w TM7

G

&

C

#

II dim 7 A #di m7

III-7 B -7

a wwww

w # # www

#

#

IV dim 7

R

(2)

www w

G7

V dim 7 C di m7

œ

‹w

dim 5

Tb13

dim 7

TM7

w

œ

w

bœ

#w

T11

dim 5

dim 7

TM7

b3

(4)

C7

A www w

#

V dim 7 C #di m7

G bdi m7

b ∫ ∫ ∫ www b & bw

Tb13

œ

R

w

∫w

bœ

w

bœ

b3

T11

w

œ

w

œ

(4)

dim 5

T9

dim 5

(6)

∫œ dim 7

bw (7)

VI-7 D -7

www w

& b A# wwww

VI dim 7

b3

(2)

V7

& b b b ∫ wwww

b

œ aw

w

#œ

œ

w

#œ R

F

Bb

w

V7

F #di m7

bw & # www

F

#œ

#œ R

F #di m7

A ww # ww

See Tip on Page 29.

b3

(2)

w Aœ

Tb13

dim 7

#w TM7

V7

A www w

F7

#œ R

w (2)

Jazz Theory II, Draft, ©1997 Hiroaki Honshuku (A-NO-NE Music, Cambridge, MA)

œ Aw

b3

(4)

œ dim 5

w Aœ

Tb13 dim 7

#w TM7

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