Diminished Chords

Diminished triads are chords built from
stacked minor-thirds. A diminished triad has three notes: the root of
the chord, a note a minor-third above the root, and a note a
diminished-fifth above the root. The diminished chord gets its name
from this diminished-fifth interval.





 


If we stack another minor-third on top
of a diminished triad, we get a diminished-seventh chord. This
creates and