diminished seventh chord

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a chord often used in an enharmonic modulation and very common in modern music, esp jazz and pop music, consisting of a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh above the rootOften shortened to: diminished seventh

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Words nearby diminished seventh chord

dimidiate, dimin., diminish, diminished, diminished responsibility, diminished seventh chord, diminishing returns, diminishing returns, law of, diminuendo, diminution, diminutive

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How to use diminished seventh chord in a sentence

He sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the chord structure, for those of you who play an instrument, is unexpected and worth checking out.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The guitar is tuned to E, and an Eminor chord on a guitar just rings and rings forever.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It does strike a chord when you see just how victimizing some of the media reports can be of Africa.
Idris Elba on Eric Garner, ‘Mi Mandela,’ and Selling Weed to Dave Chappelle|Marlow Stern|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It will be no more monotonous than having one's seventh birthday or falling in love for the first time.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Diminished hydrochloric acid favors intestinal putrefaction.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They often appear in digestive disturbances, in neurasthenia, and when the oxidizing power of the system is diminished.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd