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This line is created through a combination of perfect fourths, linked with descending scalar passages:

Any shape which fits into the structure of the diminished scale may be sequenced up or down by minor thirds. Here, dominant seventh structures are sequenced in this way:

...and here, a line comprised of a dominant seventh structure followed by scalar motion, is sequenced up a minor third before resolving:

As with melodic lines, chord voicings may be sequenced by minor thirds. This affords comping instruments a greater vocabulary over dominant chords:

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