Chord

Cb Diminished 7

  • Cbdim7
  • Cbo7
  • Cb°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Cbm3Ebbm3Gbbm3Ab

Cb Diminished 7, written Cbdim7, is built from Cb, Ebb, Gbb and Ab: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Ebb and Ab, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    Cb Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    B Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18