Brainlag Music
Brainlag MusicFigures for the diminished seventh
Reading the diminished seventh in a figured bass, the same figures as any seventh chord.
The same figures
A diminished seventh is figured like any seventh chord: 7 in root position, 65 first inversion, 43 second, 42 third. Over the leading note, a 7 chord in a minor key is the diminished seventh.
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