After getting a grip on major, minor, dominant and half diminished chords, I think it's important to study fully diminished 7th chords and ... navigate through these types of chords.

A diminished 7th is built on the 7th note of the scale ... A dominant 7th is built on the dominant note. It functions as a type of chord V. In this example you will hear both chord I of C Major ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is ... of different types of cadence.