Diminished and Minor

    
Diminished and Minor    16:38 on Friday, December 1, 2006          

Penny
(218 points)
Posted by Penny

Whats the difference between a diminished and a minor? they're both lower than a major. When i'm doing the interval trainer(NOT the ear trainer, the written one). I'll see an interval that looked the same as any diminished interval, but it turns out to be a minor. What is the difference and how can I tell the difference on the trainer?

Again, I'm not talking about ear training. I'm talking about the written intervals.


Re: Diminished and Minor    14:05 on Monday, December 11, 2006          

Piano_Princess
(103 points)
Posted by Piano_Princess

Isn't diminished a tone lower than the major, whilst minor is only a semitone lower??

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's something like that!!

Sorry I wasn't much help!

Love Laura
XxX


Re: Diminished and Minor    16:30 on Monday, December 11, 2006          

electric-clarine
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Minor is half a step lower than Major. Diminished is a half step lower than minor.


Re: Diminished and Minor    12:38 on Sunday, January 14, 2007          

oboistfrk
(131 points)
Posted by oboistfrk

Diminished has a chord layout like this: 1,3,5,7 or 1,3,5,-7 instead of 1,-3,5,8

alex


Re: Diminished and Minor    15:36 on Saturday, January 20, 2007          

Mini_Mozart
(245 points)
Posted by Mini_Mozart

in diminished you lower the fifth of the minor by a semitone


Re: Diminished and Minor    02:19 on Sunday, February 11, 2007          

yakko8
(167 points)
Posted by yakko8

Take a minor triad which would be a 1 3b 5 (such as D F A)
Lower the 5th to make it a diminished triad 1 3b 5b (such as D F Ab)
I've written out the arpeggio of the D F A example, hope it helps.








Re: Diminished and Minor    01:32 on Monday, February 26, 2007          

Toptrump04
(349 points)
Posted by Toptrump04

If you are talking about intervals, diminished and minor mean the same thing (they both mean to lower the tone a half step).
If you are talking about chords, it is different.
Minor = 1 b3 5
Dim = 1 b3 b5

yeah


   




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