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Thread #50808 Message #3553412
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
27-Aug-13 - 01:03 PM
Thread Name: Naming of diminished chords
Subject: RE: Naming of diminished chords
Quite funny, Artful, but before anyone takes it seriously, let us note that if B# leads anywhere, then to C#.
Long ago I read a book in which than Cdim7 was described as of "subdominant type", because of the C and the A. This would favour the naming F#dim7, were it not for that note that moves to E and should thus be spelled D#.
I often find myself writing, say, Eb in one voice and D# in another one, both appearing perfectly justified in their melodic context, the harmonies not being any more exotic than, say, Wagner's.
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