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Jazz (and popular music) harmony is based on the diatonic major scale.
Fig 1.Scale of C
& œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œœœ œœœ
Fig 2. Diatonic triads
œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ
& œœœ œœœ
I II III IV V VI VII I
C Dm Em F G Am Bº C
(major) (minor) (diminshed)
One chord which is used extensively in Jazz falls outside the diatonic scale- the DIMINSHED 7th.
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