What is a Secondary Dominant?

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What is a Secondary Dominant? - Music Theory

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@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@afkmike8725 7 ай бұрын

I'm always amazed at how you make seemingly complicated concepts seem so simple. Thank you

@MusicMattersGB 7 ай бұрын

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@Jesus-zr8ch 25 күн бұрын

Totally agree. Many thanks, Gareth.

@MusicMattersGB 25 күн бұрын

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@ScreaminVengeance101 4 жыл бұрын

Been struggling with this concept for a while now in my music theory class; glad to have some clarity shed upon this topic! Much appreciated, thank you!!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@ComposerRocks 2 жыл бұрын

I think of secondary dominants like this: In a chord progression where a chromatic chord would add some welcome color from the diatonic chords of the scale, select any degree of the scale, other than the tonic, to which you want to go ("target chord"); but instead of going to the target chord immediately, go to its V7 chord first and THEN to the target chord. So, in key of C Maj, instead of, say, I - IV - vi - V - I (C - F - Am - G - C), where Am is the target chord in the progression, try I - IV - III7 - vi - I (C - F - E7 - Am - G - C) .

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with that approach

@koensegers245 4 жыл бұрын

Just want to say that your videos have it all. Clear audio,timestamps, not a long intro, easy to understand explanations,... But most of all, they make me want to delve deeper into music theory. Thank you very much for this great video.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@setalaka 4 жыл бұрын

all other videos regarding secondary dominants have comments saying it's too hard to understand. but look at your video, everyone says that it's easy to understand. Wonderful job!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

Most kind.

@ayushmanthapa_onion 5 жыл бұрын

your lessons are very easy to understand even for someone like me who's not well endowed in music theory. Liked and subbed :D

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@pulserato5922 4 жыл бұрын

I have a sense this channel will help a lot through my struggles in college music theory. Great video!

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@bettyennin6335 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the thorough explanations

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@franaddeo6539 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You are a great teacher. Glad I found your channel. You make difficult concepts easy to understand. Great video.

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@skaneverdies 7 ай бұрын

Just a quick thank you for producing lessons without filler and flash.

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@billrootes-composersongwri5552 2 ай бұрын

Love your work! Thanks for all the guidance through the study years :)

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@janalynch2407 4 жыл бұрын

i mistakenly threw myself into ap music theory as a sophomore and i've always been a bit lost, but now with online school due to quarantine i don't have other students to work with and figure out how they did it. this is MUCH easier to understand than the book my teacher left us with. thank you so much!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@donnat.2180 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and your simple teaching on this hard topic. It really helps!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@matthewmiguel8108 3 жыл бұрын

This is a big help for my music theory class. Loved your teaching methods.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@mohammedabubakar3741 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video. Thank you for this. Been struggling to understand this concept

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@Rynaylorguitar 5 жыл бұрын

Really helpful lesson, confirmed what I thought. Subbed!

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@Seborgium26 3 ай бұрын

Wonderfully explained!

@MusicMattersGB 3 ай бұрын

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@sweetiekjj Жыл бұрын

I would want you to break it up a little more but this worked better than when I was studying. Thank you so much.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@IvyWillowMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I know it doesn't work for this video because it's not a secondary dominant, but the 5 to 1 being repeated a whole step down on E sounded so good! You've given me ideas to mess around with, thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@KEVIN2771993 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it is because B is the Triton substitute of F. Sounds like an interesting way to modulate a half step down.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@user-ty8th1fp7o 9 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you sir. you explained it very simple

@MusicMattersGB 9 ай бұрын

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@chrisgray3641 3 жыл бұрын

Very insightful look into secondary dominants. TY

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@ScarsUnseen24 Жыл бұрын

Secondary dominants are one of my favorite writing tools :)

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@amt4111 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot I got a better understanding of it!

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@sophiechung1640 4 жыл бұрын

Wow this makes so much more sense! Thank you! :)

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@stevekaiser3745 2 жыл бұрын

Are the secondary dominant chords typically dominant 7th chords even for the minor chords, e.g., if we wanted to use a secondary dominant in your example going to dm, would we use an a minor chord or A Dom 7? Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Dominant 7ths will always make the secondary dominant stronger. Using the harmonic minor for harmony means that the dominant 7th is always a major chord.

@Lpm100 3 жыл бұрын

I like this. This was a good, clear explanation.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

@raythepizza 7 ай бұрын

very helpful, great video :)

@MusicMattersGB 7 ай бұрын

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@tamam1324 2 жыл бұрын

Very clear! Thank you for the video

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@dawntaylor-moate5490 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. This makes so much more sense now. Im just looking through the courses available. They look fantastic. I much purchase the aural dictation one after this video. Very helpful for the composition question. Thank you very much. Could a secondary dominant be used to modulate? Could I ask how would you write a secondary dominant in Roman numerals?

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment. Secondary Dominants can be used to modulate although they then technically cease to be Secondary Dominants because the point of a SD is that it provides some colour (V l in another key) but continues in the prevailing key. You can label it V l with a bracket indicating the new key or you can describe the SD as V of lV or V of ll or V of whichever chord you’ve used in the home key. Hope that makes sense. Enjoy the Aural Dictation course. Many other courses there too eg Advanced Theory, Composition, and some recordings of webinars that may interest you.

@dawntaylor-moate5490 5 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB thank you for the explanation. That's wonderful. I have a grade 8 theory book which explains sec dom's but definitely not as clear I got very confused by the way it was written. Thank you for tell me how to write them out too. I have just ordered the Aural dictation course and the grade 8 aural test course as I watched a preview. I shall certainly be ordering more as I go along. I hope many more people come across your videos. They are extremely helpful. The content in the abrsm books are very complex in nature to understand. Videos like these are a wonderful resources.

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your positive encouragement. Many people find it difficult to grasp this material from books. This is why we’ve put it in video format so you get an explanation, see it written down, and hear it played (with the piano keys lighting up). By the way if you ever want some one to one teaching, I can offer that on Skype and there is also a marking/ feedback service.

@dawntaylor-moate5490 5 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB oh that's fantastic thank you very much. 😊

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@alitajvidi5610 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you 😇

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@NickRossi 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful lesson. Thank you so much.

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

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@giftasiana 3 жыл бұрын

was very helpful thanks a lot sir

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@stephenalcaide1778 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@lucyshea7788 2 жыл бұрын

Dear sir,I have a question,in this vedio, 02:19 you said: But, you can't just go V-I in any old key. the "old key"reffer to which key? I can't catch it, would you please tell me.thanks have a nice day!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

It means that the I of your V I should be a chord in the prevailing key

@alieser7770 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful video!!

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@dimitripalombo7448 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Thanks for the help

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@FalcoPaul 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant explanation!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@School-xo1dn 5 ай бұрын

Great video.

@MusicMattersGB 5 ай бұрын

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@user-bx8xd5pz9c 4 ай бұрын

Can we use the V - I secondary dominant as the cadence for the first phrase?

@MusicMattersGB 4 ай бұрын

You could use V13 I at the first cadence but this is then really a modulation to C major because it’s at a cadence rather than a secondary dominant.

@user-tk1ef1pt2c 2 жыл бұрын

great video a question: in this example if we write Nonharmonic tones like passing note in bar three ( in the place of chord I of bflat)the e(passing note) is natural due to f major or flat due to b flat major?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re using a secondary dominant in F you’ll need E natural but if you’re staying in Bb using passing tones etc you would probably use Eb

@Cloudlesssoul 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation! Thanks.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@cbolt4492 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@ME3fan 4 жыл бұрын

Question: when you demonstrated the a minor secondary dominant you also played an a flat in the chord. How would I know I can add that key if a flat is not in the a minor scale?

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

Think of the Ab as a G# (same note, different name). G# is the leading note in the A minor harmonic scale. Chord V in A minor is therefore E G# B so that’s what it’s doing here in the first chord of the secondary dominant in A minor. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including our 25 online courses and access to our Maestros programme.

@emmahudson3625 5 жыл бұрын

This was fantastic. Succinct and informative, thank you.

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@Dave-nm8uk 2 жыл бұрын

I like this - but the example of trying out an E major chord I find unconvincing - unless the intention is to have something which does not draw too much attention to itself. There may be situations where someone really wants to have a chord which stands out more. Another issue is whether it's the way the chords are played which makes them stand out. This may be too subtle - but I do wonder sometimes whether telling people that a chord "doesn't fit" or "stands out" really is conditioning them to accept something which otherwise they might not notice - or alternatively they may notice an effect, but actually like it. There is not necessarily a universal acceptance of effects in music. Some effects are much more likely to have more universal acceptance - minor seconds for example are likely to be considered dissonant or "unpleasant" by many - though again some people may get to like them, and sometimes the effects depend on context.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@Dave-nm8uk 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB I perhaps should have added more. I would still have to look, listen, and also experiment with secondary dominants in order to check with myself that I don't find some "strange" ones disturbing. However, I think there are significant differences in the use of secondary dominants in jazz, which arise because so much of jazz is based round seventh (7th) chords. If almost every jazz chord is a seventh chord, then the V chord is I believe the only dominant seventh in the diatonic scale system. This can give rise to a different issue with respect to resolution - compared with some uses in classical music. The third of V in a standard diatonic scale is the leading note, which resolves naturally to the tonic - though that may be more effective depending on voicing. The effect is weaker in some voicings than others. Consider the dominant seventh (for example V7 in C), the V chord is G B D and the V7 chord is G B D F - the leading tone will almost certainly resolve upwards, while the D and F will also resolve appropriately. The really significant thing about the V7 chord is the tritone (here between B and F) embedded in it, which gives a very strong "need" to resolve. That is the only 7th chord based on scale degrees which contains an embedded tritone. Jazz musicians frequently use this in ii-V-I sequences, in which the ii is a weak replacement for a IV chord, but it allows them to make very quick on the spur of the moment changes - which make sense in a jazz context. Such sequences of ii--V-Is may give rise to circle of fifths modulations. Other improvisational tricks used by jazz musicians are to use tritone substitution - something which effectively does happen in some classical music, but those uses do tend to be considered in a different way.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

All interesting thinking

@TB-uf8ig 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! At around 4:30 you use a flat when playing an e minor chord. I’m curious as to why you did this?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not an e minor chord but an e diminished chord, which is chord VII in F major.

@TB-uf8ig 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB ohhh ok well now I am a bit confused. I thought that the secondary dominant was the fifth chord of the chord that follows it? Since the chord after the e chord is an a minor chord, I thought that the e chord would have to be e minor because that is the fifth chord in the key of a minor?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Chord V in A minor is an E major chord because A harmonic minor contains a G#. Chord V is therefore EG#B.

@TB-uf8ig 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB ohhh ok that makes more sense! I’m still a little confused... is the E chord a major chord or a diminished chord? I‘m thinking it’s major because of your most recent comment but in an earlier comment you said it’s diminished?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

I think we’re considering different situations. VII in F major is EGBb, which is diminished. V in A minor is EG#B, which is major.

@racheltan9800 3 жыл бұрын

So secondary dominant can be used only in supertonic-mediant-subdominant-dominant-submediant Or depends?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

That’s true in major keys. In minor keys it’s subdominant dominant submediant.

@superDavid12341 4 жыл бұрын

beautifully said! this is a great video

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@MulcahyFamily 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MusicMattersGB 10 ай бұрын

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@milesjohnson4071 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure if this is correct or not but for the e diminished chord, could that be the tonic for the e locrian mode?

@milesjohnson4071 3 жыл бұрын

Or do the modes not apply to this

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

It certainly could be the tonic chord of the locrian mode.

@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome explanation

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@micksp 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great info!

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@vanshikaarora6521 4 жыл бұрын

Just one question, does the secondary dominant always have to be V-I, or it can also be vii-I, as vii also functions as a dominant chord, right?

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

V l is the standard progression but it’s true that Vll or a Diminished 7th might be used as a Dominant substitute.

@KeepinItOneHunnnid 4 жыл бұрын

So you can use secondary dominant chords as regular chords in a progression and not just passing chords?

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@chazzable 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much...I describe as..."if you would like to cheat your way back to any chord in the prevailing scale without using either stepmotion, circle of fifths, chromaticism, or cadences" haha Thanks again

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@erwin2869 4 жыл бұрын

Beautifuly Articulated!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@ks-bg5uk 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a video you can point me to understanding `5,1 or 5,7,1'? Thanks

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, this video explains the V-I otherwise known as a perfect cadence. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdt_i6p20LK3g5c.html

@RandyBakkelund 3 жыл бұрын

Can you invert a secondary dominant? and what would be a good reason to do that?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

It’s perfectly possible to use V or l in an inversion in a secondary dominant progression. The purpose is really to provide other options.

@RandyBakkelund 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB thanks, I posted this question in a forum the other day, and people were laughing at me, i mean obviously i know how to invert chords since i already know secondary dominants, but i just don't hear people ever talk about inversions of dominant chords when using a secondary dominant. I will experiment with it. (●'◡'●)

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

There’s no reason for people to laugh at you. Inversions are perfectly possible.

@racheltan9800 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Can i ask if there is a Primary dominant before secondary dominant? Or is it just a primary chords?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

The primary dominant is chord V in the prevailing key. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our 25 online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme.

@anandgodane8022 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

A pleasure

@lukass1604 3 жыл бұрын

Is the secondary dominant always a major chord? I mean when you went to G minor and played the fifth (which normally is minor since G minor is a minor key) you played D major instead of D minor.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Chord V in the harmonic minor scale is always a major chord so yes.

@0donttouchme0 5 жыл бұрын

love it, thx again

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@user-of8nl9th8b 2 жыл бұрын

hi music matters your videos is amazing :I have a question i searched about chromatic chord and Found this: Dominant seventh chords of subsidiary keys, used to create modulations to those keys (V7-I cadences) ?Is that a secondary dominant or not thanks very much 🙏

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. They may be secondary dominants or not, depending on the context. Have a look at our videos on secondary dominants.

@user-of8nl9th8b 2 жыл бұрын

thank you Music Matters I looked at the courses on the site and I have another question what'sthe meaning of subsidiary key?s

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Other keys that are used alongside the main keys.

@lucapettinari1500 3 жыл бұрын

I might be wrong, but in contemporary music I think Queen used pretty much secondary dominants in their early compositions... Can anybody confirm that?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

There are certainly plenty of examples there.

@dylanmonahan4820 3 жыл бұрын

I think i am just stupid but how is the fifth of the key f, the b. I am trying to figure it out in my head but I am going f g a b c, which makes me think it's c. i am not to sure what i am doing

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

The 5th degree of the scale of F is C.

@ehabnagaty9532 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@pranavmakhijani2002 3 жыл бұрын

Hi sir , Secondary Dominant and a Secondary 7th , are these different?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing.

@logancoats 3 жыл бұрын

ill be sprinkling these herbs all over now thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@paulwelding 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, can you do the same but in a minor key?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@SlimFatboy68 2 жыл бұрын

At 1'55", how is that an E-flat major? It's just an inverted F major, right? And so that's hardly a secondary dominant as it's simply the (inverted) I-chord of the F major key that we were in to begin with. Besides, E-flat major would be the IV-chord of the Bb major scale, not the V-chord. Or am I missing something?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

The Bb major chord is chord IV in F major but it’s also chord I in Bb major. The chord before it is the dominant 7th chord in first inversion in Bb major. So this is a secondary dominant in Bb major.

@SlimFatboy68 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB I hadn't noticed that Eb note in the higher octave on the keyboard at the bottom (behind the substitles 😅), so that's why it looked like just an inverted F major to me, sorry. I'm guessing that when at 1'55" you said "That Eb doesn't belong to F major", you were actually referring to the Eb note(!) rather than the Eb (major) chord, is that correct? Because the chord being played is an F7, certainly not an Eb major (Eb-G-Bb). But then the question remains: F7 already belongs to the prevailing F major key, so why call it a secondary dominant?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

That’s all correct but F7 doesn’t belong to F major because it contains Eb ie that’s what makes it V7 in Bb

@SlimFatboy68 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Aha, I figured that F7 automatically belonged to the F major key (as it builds off the F major chord). I guess I figured wrong. 😊 Now it's all clear to me though. Thank you for explaining (and for your patience)

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

A pleasure

@sorartificial 3 жыл бұрын

So the whole concept in resume is that we could use these secondary dominants instead of the dominant chord correct. ?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Not really. You can have a V l progression in a secondary dominant in any situation where the l is a chord in the original key.

@sorartificial 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB I see, the thing is I understand the concept but not exactly when to apply it.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Think of it backwards eg if you’re using chord ll in C major (which is a D minor chord) is it possible in the given context to precede that chord with V in D minor?

@jaezryl 2 жыл бұрын

So he went F dominant 7 / A inversion before going to Bb ? Can someone shed some light here? Thank you.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

That’s perfectly reasonable and makes for step movement in the bass. It’s making the point that the V7 in a secondary dominant can be in any inversion

@jaezryl 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB hi, thank you. I think I get it now. It IS the V7 of Bb with a moving bass!

@WadWizard 6 жыл бұрын

I was confused for a second about how using a chord from out of key that has to also be in the key made any sense, but i see now the it uses the same diatonic position just in a different key, so it doesnt really contradict. Why dominants though? Would any of the other functions work for a similar idea?

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

+Wadwizard ZOL The Dominant chord always has a pull towards it’s Tonic, which is why this works well. There are other possibilities but this one works well.

@WadWizard 6 жыл бұрын

Cool, ill have to play around with it

@edhaslam3224 6 жыл бұрын

wonderful

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

+Ed Haslam Thank you. See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more.

@jingyaotong3753 2 жыл бұрын

Can I use secondary dominant as the pivot chord?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

You can certainly modulate through using the secondary dominant procedure

@jingyaotong3753 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thanks

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@Ilovetosingem 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always, however! What if we are in the key of C and it goes to FG C (E7) followed by an F, would this F chord be the secondary dominant chord? And if the E7 is not the fifth, as I would have thought it would go to the A. Pease enlighten me. Thanks a always.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

A secondary dominant occurs when you have a V(7) I progression in a key outside the prevailing key then you continue in the previous key.

@Ilovetosingem 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you. So, I should have wrote E7 to Am and not Amaj, now that Am is the secondary dominant, is that so?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

E7 to Am would be a secondary dominant in the context of another prevailing key.

@Ilovetosingem 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB I thought from the video that this Am was the only secondary dominant but it seems from your reply they are both part of the package!!!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

😀

@anzatzi 3 жыл бұрын

@1:25 not clear what your saying and board art is also unclear: 5-7-2-1 progression?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

V7 to I is what I’m saying. Board work seems clear even on a small screen but sorry if you’re struggling

@anzatzi 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Is the note reading 'V^7 b'? If so, what is that? I've not seen that notation.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

V7 is the Dominant 7th chord. b is first inversion.

@anzatzi 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you

@iranp8139 6 жыл бұрын

Excelent!!!

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

Glad it’s helpful. See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more.

@JenniferAntonioJen 6 жыл бұрын

I still don't understand why did you write on the whiteboard chord V7 I ,instead of IV I ? Isn't that Bb Major is the 4th chord of F Major ?

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

The chord has Bb in it but the notes of the chord are C E G Bb. This is therefore a chord V with an added 7th - V7. Hope that makes sense.

@JenniferAntonioJen 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you ! Now i understand

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

That’s great. Have a look at www.mmcourses.co.uk We’ve loads of resources there.

@sweetygoyal4603 5 жыл бұрын

So is it like a Pivot chord

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

Only in that the tonic chord of the Secondary Dominant is a chord in the prevailing key.

@kidgloves2 6 жыл бұрын

Do you ever use the tritone sub of a secondary dominant?

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

You can substitute the V in a Secondary Dominant. A Diminished 7th for example can make a good substitute chord.

@eTobineckian 2 жыл бұрын

What does five to one mean? Tia

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Chord V to chord I.

@TC-ym1vk Жыл бұрын

I need to change my Major 😢

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

😀

@jond532 4 жыл бұрын

The Emaj sounded better haha

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

😀

@saadalhumaid3959 5 жыл бұрын

i'll give you a follow just for your cute English accent *.*

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

That’s kind!

@joannashrigley1120 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

A pleasure