Diminished major seventh chord

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diminished major seventh

Component intervals from root

major seventh

diminished fifth (tritone)

minor third

root

In music theory, a diminished major seventh chord is a chord composed of a diminished triad and a major seventh.^[1] Thus it is composed of a root, minor third, diminished fifth (tritone) and major seventh. It is infrequently used.

The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 3, 6, 11}.

Diminished major seventh chord table

Chord	Root	Minor third	Diminished fifth	Major seventh
Comaj7	C	E♭	G♭	B
C♯omaj7	C♯	E	G	B♯ (C)
D♭omaj7	D♭	F♭ (E)	A (G)	C
Domaj7	D	F	A♭	C♯
D♯omaj7	D♯	F♯	A	C (D)
E♭omaj7	E♭	G♭	B (A)	D
Eomaj7	E	G	B♭	D♯
Fomaj7	F	A♭	C♭ (B)	E
F♯omaj7	F♯	A	C	E♯ (F)
G♭omaj7	G♭	B (A)	D (C)	F
Gomaj7	G	B♭	D♭	F♯
G♯omaj7	G♯	B	D	F (G)
A♭omaj7	A♭	C♭	E (D)	G
Aomaj7	A	C	E♭	G♯
A♯omaj7	A♯	C♯	E	G (A)
B♭omaj7	B♭	D♭	F♭ (E)	A
Bomaj7	B	D	F	A♯

Sources

1. ^ Jamini, Deborah. (2005). Harmony And Composition: Basics to Intermediate, p.204. ISBN 9781412033336.

By function

Diatonic	Tonic Dominant Subdominant Supertonic Mediant Submediant Leading / Subtonic
Altered	Approach Borrowed Chromatic mediant Neapolitan chord Passing
Secondary	Secondary dominant Secondary leading-tone Secondary supertonic

With names

• Elektra chord
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• Hendrix chord
• Mu chord
• Mystic chord
• Northern lights chord
• Petrushka chord
• Power chord
• Psalms chord
• So What chord
• Spider chord
• Tristan chord
• Viennese trichord
• Dream chord

Other

• Common chord (music)
• Mixed interval
• Open chord
• Polychord
• Primary triad
• Quartal and quintal
• Slash chord
• Subsidiary chord
• Synthetic chord
• Tone cluster