From David Bennett Piano.

The on-screen piano and chords tool I used in this video is Chordwatch! You can get a 20% discount off Chordwatch with code DAVID20 when you use this link: https://gumroad.com/a/348294291/IWOwk 🎹🎹🎹🎹

The Leading Tone chord, which is "Bdim" in the key of C, is one of the seven main chords of the major key, however, compared to it’s six diatonic brethren, barely gets any use in actual music. So today we’re looking at why this chord is so rarely used, and also taking a listen to some of the hard-to-find examples of it actually at use in a song.

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0:00 What is the vii° chord?
1:21 Songs that use the vii° chord
3:52 Half-diminished chord
5:25 ii°/vi or vii°
7:08 Classical music
7:26 Why is the Leading Tone chord so rarely used?
11:51 Chordwatch

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