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The dim7 chord consists of the 1, b3, b5 and dom7 notes.

In C, that would be C, Eb, Gb and Bb.

No A involved here.

The dim7 is another way of saying, Cm7b5 or also sometimes called the Half Diminished.

The full Diminished chord would change the Bb to the A.


--Mac