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Diminished Chords on Guitar: The Complete Guide
Diminished triads, dim7s and half-diminished chords share a name but do different jobs. How each is built, why dim7 is symmetric, and where they're used.
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Using Non-Diatonic Scales as Compositional Tools
Guest author Brett Stine on writing with 8- and 9-note non-diatonic scales: using the diminished scale and Messiaen's third and fourth modes as compositional tools rather than just improvisation scales.
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Olivier Messiaen's Seven Modes of Limited Transposition
The French composer Olivier Messiaen defined seven symmetrical scales whose intervallic structure repeats in two or more keys. Here are all seven, with their structure, intervals and transpositions.