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Cdim7
Upper Intermediate

Diminished 7

Formula1-♭3-♭5-♭♭7
CAEbGb

How to build it

  1. Take a diminished chord
  2. Add the diminished 7th (double flat)

The "wildcard" chord. Super useful because you can use it to connect any chord to any other. Awesome!

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