Members Carnival Clown Posted June 19, 2017 Members Share Posted June 19, 2017 Hi all, Puzzled by this.... Can anyone point me in the right direction? Verse: Dminor F G Chorus: Bflat Dminor F What is going on with the G major in the verse? The song looks like the key of F so I'd expect Gminor... Any help is greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 19, 2017 Members Share Posted June 19, 2017 You can call the Gmajor a secondary dominant to C (V/VII) which resolves to A minor instead. (allowed as a V to VI or "deceptive" cadence) Still d minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carnival Clown Posted June 20, 2017 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2017 Hey thanks a lot for your reply! I'm still a little confused though... I thought in order to act as secondary dominant a chord needs to be a 7th? Also what do you mean "allowed as a V to VI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 20, 2017 Members Share Posted June 20, 2017 Hey thanks a lot for your reply! I'm still a little confused though... I thought in order to act as secondary dominant a chord needs to be a 7th? Also what do you mean "allowed as a V to VI? You can have dominant triads. The seventh just adds the tritone tension; something many "modern" styles seek to avoid. You can even have minor V triads. It's just a matter of context. V to Vi meaning the V chord resolving to the VI chord instead of the I chord. For instance in C major: C G Ami instead of C G C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carnival Clown Posted June 21, 2017 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2017 Great thanks! This was very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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