Diminished major seventh chord
Component intervals from diminished fifth (tritone) | |
---|---|
minor third | |
root | |
Tuning | |
200:240:288:375 | |
Forte no. / | |
4-18 / |
In
written
as CoM7, has pitches C–E♭–G♭–B:
Diminished major seventh chords are very
leading note of the given chord: the ability to resolve this dissonance smoothly to a diatonic triad with the same root allows it to be used as a temporary tension before tonic resolution
. It is nevertheless infrequently used as a chord in itself.
The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 3, 6, 11}.
Diminished major seventh chord table
References
- ISBN 978-1-4120-3333-6.