Fun with the B diminished Chord
Yesterday I experimented with the G Major chord, changing notes in it and analyzing what chords were produced. Today let’s take a look at the B diminished chord.
B - D - F: B diminished
B - D# - F#: B major
The B dim has a lowered third and a lowered fifth, so to turn it into a major chord we raise both those notes.
B - D - F#: B minor
The minor chord has a lowered third and a regular fifth, so to turn B dim into B min all we need to do is raise that fifth.
Bb - D - F: Bb Major
If we lower the first note by a half-step, the resulting chord is major. This makes sense–it creates the same distance as raising the third and the fifth (they both become a half-step further away from the root). Of course, we’ve changed the root note…it’s a Bb Major, not a B Major.