Fourth scale degree diminished chord in Have yourself a merry little Christmas
So in the Frank Sinatra recording of Have yourself a merry little Christmas at 2:03, the vocal arrangement (as far as I can tell) goes:
Key of Ab
Here we are as in olden days
Dbmaj7 Dbdim7 Cm7
Happy golden days of yore
Cbdim7 Bbm7 Eb7 Abmaj7
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Dmb5b7 G7b9b13 Cm
Gather near to us once more
Eb/Bb Bb Ebsus7 Eb7
So my first question is, do I have the chords right? (I realise there's a few suspensions missing)
Second question: what would we call the two fully diminished chords?
I guess the Cbdim7 is a passing diminished chord, but what about the Dbdim7? None of the online resources I've found list IVmaj7->IVdim7->iiim7 as a possible usage of passing diminished chords, so what gives? Am I just overthinking this?
Posted Dec 16, 2018, 11:27 PM UTC · edited