Neighbours of Cdim

Every chord one voice of Cdim reaches by a semitone or a whole tone, on C and so for every root: the voice that steps, the notes that result, and what they spell.

Cdim holds C Eb Gb. 6 chords are one semitone away and 6 chords are one whole tone away; 4 of them spell a chord type and 0 realise a transform a source names.

One semitone away

Every chord one voice away from Cdim by one semitone
Voice Steps to Notes Spells Named transform
C B, -1 B Eb Gb B none named
C C#, +1 C# Eb Gb no chord type none named
Eb D, -1 C D Gb no chord type none named
Eb E, +1 C E Gb no chord type none named
Gb F, -1 C Eb F no chord type none named
Gb G, +1 C Eb G Cm none named

One whole tone away

Every chord one voice away from Cdim by one whole tone
Voice Steps to Notes Spells Named transform
C Bb, -2 Bb Eb Gb Ebm none named
C D, +2 D Eb Gb no chord type none named
Eb Db, -2 C Db Gb no chord type none named
Eb F, +2 C F Gb no chord type none named
Gb E, -2 C Eb E no chord type none named
Gb G#, +2 C Eb G# Ab none named

No source this site cites names a transform for this chord type, so every step here stays unnamed.

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