Reinterpreting Diminished Seventh Chords

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V. Chromaticism

Core Idea

Chromatic Modulation Using Enharmonically Reinterpreted Diminished-Seventh Chords Diminished-seventh chords can also be respelled for the purposes of modulating to distant keys. Each diminished-seventh chord can be respelled such that any of the its four notes is the root, and thus, can be resolved to any of four different target chords.

Explanation

Chromatic Modulation Using Enharmonically Reinterpreted Diminished-Seventh Chords

Diminished-seventh chords can also be respelled for the purposes of modulating to distant keys. Each diminished-seventh chord can be respelled such that any of the its four notes is the root, and thus, can be resolved to any of four different target chords.

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Key Quote

Each diminished-seventh chord can be respelled such that any of the its four notes is the root, and thus, can be resolved to any of four different target chords.

Key Terminology

seventh chordmodulationchromaticchordroot

Source: https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/reinterpreting-diminished-seventh-chords/

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