S&D: Songs with diminshed chords

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I was listening to Nick Drake's "Saturday Sun" and was struck by how lovely the diminshed seventh chord sounds. There's no noticable dissonance in the context of the music (not like those sneaky half-diminshed seven-flat-five chords.. but then again they can be just as useful). I'm trying to think of examples of diminshed chords (of any kind) in modern music, but I'm too lazy to really go in-depth, so I'm leaving it up to ILx. Now hop to it!

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 14 July 2003 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"corcavado" by getz/gilberto has two i think (G# and F).

gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

ray charles: hard times - it comes along at the end of the verse and spices things up quite a bit.

Jay K (Jay K), Monday, 14 July 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

(I always seem to type "diminshed"... I meant "diminished," obv.)

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 14 July 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

sp error above "corcovado"

gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 14 July 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)


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