Minor Key
In minor, a seventh chord built on the supertonic yields a half-diminished seventh chord, which is a very strong predominant chord. Due to what is considered the harsh nature of root position diminished chords, the iiø chord most often appears in first inversion.
The iiø chord appears in the natural minor scale and may be considered a minor seventh chord with a flatted fifth and is used in the ii-V-I in minor
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