Dr. B Music Theory Lesson 37 (Secondary Leading-Tone Chords)

[@tenprinthello8127]

37 lessons in now, and you have taught me so much. I only wish I could have had the homework too (I assume the people behind the camera were all given assignments that got graded).

[@thecynicalenthusiast8713]

I love how matter-of-fact you sound at 9:38. It's like you feel that you shouldn't even have to be explaining that but there this was one time a student had forgotten it so you had to put it in every time after that.

[@zakiahart3919]

OMG... you saved my life at 7:38 this is on our homework! I tried to find secondary leading tone chord the same way I find the regular secondary dominant and I'm seeing taking the leading tone a half step up is much easier then saying A is the _______ from the main key like secondary dominants I kept getting wrong answers that way.

[@ChristopherBrellochs]

I like that! Dr. B Music Theory Saves Lives!

[@CaptainBlueHat282]

Fantastic explanation, thanks Dr. B!

[@Phaseish]

I always come back to these lessons in my now almost 10 month of self taught piano/music theory. I just saw this tonicized in an anime piece of music called "omake-pfadlib" from the attack on titan season one OST It's very funny because these beautiful pieces of music are usually the b6, b7, to i. However, this time in the key of C minor, they do that descending walkdown to G major, To f# diminished to F Minor to 2nd inversion of C minor and its so beautiful after hearing this same progression over and over again , to do exactly what you said , which is to "add color and make it more interesting ", and not the boring borrow from the IV or something cliche like that. in a minor key. I really wish I had your mind haha its going to make years to understand Functioning harmony like you do and now I don't have to Guess where the hell did that b5 come from. I now know its not the b5 and its this.

[@goingfortheone1]

A neat thing to mention that, not considering all the enharmonic spellings, we only have 3 different transpositions of the diminished vii7 chords. Three chords to immediately tonicisize or modulate to any key.

[@TheAtheistworld]

Super duper, bro! Great vids. Thnx

[@MikeDGuitar]

It looks as though I have underestimated secondary dominants and leading-tone chords. No pain, no gain.

[@huranirani8659]

So useful!!!

[@waynegram8907]

Does classical composers use the subtonic in natural minor keys using the subtonic VII chord as either a HALF diminished or FULLY diminished? How does classical composers use the subtonic VII chord usually? The Secondary leading tone 7th chords can either be half dim or full dim, but you can't use a full diminished leading tone chord in major keys so that doesn't make sense because major keys vii chord is a half diminished chord not a full diminished chord.

[@GarryBurgess]

At 9:35 in video, under voice leading, "the 7th of the chord resolves down" - the 7th of what chord?

[@CalebePriester]

The 7th of ANY 7th chord resolves down. Xm7, X7, XM7, Xº7 and so on, the 7th in all of these chord resolves down.

[@kathall]

How did you get major five at 9:20? I have music theory and I have trouble with what your being given the chord to find out the roman numeral in secondary dominant.

[@vijay99401]

Good day Dr. B. I have this doubt which might sound a little out of place. Like the secondary dominants, are the secondary leading tone chords supposed to resolve only to Major or Minor chords ? Is it possible for a secondary leading tone chord to resolve to a diminished chord, say ii diminished in Minor ? Im asking this since you've not mentioned it clearly that they're supposed to ONLY resolve this way (to major or minor). Thanks a lot