EVERYTHING about the Secondary Dominant - Crystal-clear

The secondary dominant is a great way to let your chord progressions stand out. It is the proven method that many Pop, Rock and Jazz composers use to create recognizable characteristic chord progressions. In this video you’ll see a lot of examples of the use of a secondary dominant by looking at well known songs like Mr. Sandman, Hey Jude, Creep, Piano man, Bohemian Rapsody, Happier than ever and many more. We will also look at the deceptive cadence and diminished chords and tritone substitutions that can be used as a secondary dominant. At the end of the video we’ll look at the back cycle technique which is a staple in Jazz and also used in Pop and Rock songs.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
01:13 The dominant chord
03:24 The secondary dominant
06:37 Finding the secondary dominant
09:42 Songs
13:32 Deceptive cadence
15:17 Diminished secondary dominant
17:51 Tritone substitution as a secondary dominant
19:29 Back Cycle
22:23 Conclusion
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The e-book "The Secondary Dominant" is now published: qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/the-secondary-dominant

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BIG thanks Mike!! I just had that glass :)

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The Nudge Nudge totally surprised me and had me howling with laughter.Well done.Great lesson.

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Huge puzzle piece filled. Thank you!

[@nofatya]

A very good explanation, extremely well done!

[@blackcitadel37]

Top tier lesson 🔥. Also playing the vocal lines of the musics on the guitar was a 500 IQ move to avoid the copyright police 🚓

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Thank you :)

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Precious channel. Great lesson as always.

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Very helpful. Perfectly explained and visualized. Thank you 😁

[@ailrky4765]

Thank you for making these videos everytime I watch your stuff I learn something new!

[@pkaertko9642]

This was so crystal clear, thank you so much for sharing! I feel like this video unlocked so much more for me in terms of how to structure progressions ❤

[@joebloe9901]

Bach used secondary dominants all day...that's why people claim that jazz and Bach are similar. A nice trick for guitarists when performing jazz is to focus on the tritone which is the 3rd and 7th of these chords. The bass player is covering the root and 5th. This is a great song writing tool, every guitarist should know how to use these chords Great lesson.

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Thank you.. I feel like because I've watched so many videos that we actually know each other

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Well, now I know you too ;)

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A really excellent and useful explanation . Great stuff.

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Great video!!!! A lot to unpack!

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I love these videos.

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This is very helpful thanks

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I appreciate this information as well as the Trek reference.

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Thank you so much for great explanation to enrich my composition skills 👍

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Man, I just discovered you! really thx for sharing such valuable information in such a clear, concise way!

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you :)

[@django-unchained]

Really like this graphics, show everything clearly and easy to keep track of what happens while you talk fast :)

[@QJamTracks]

Do I talk fast? ;) :)

[@mikemorgan4774]

Those Laney FRFR cabs are cool as hell, also hella expensive! Great lesson, I think it's starting to sink in, but I'll forget it all tomorrow. I guess it's a good thing I don't have to read Nashville charts for a living. 16:10 the most life changing sentence in this lesson!

[@QJamTracks]

Yes those Laney's sound great :)

[@tracerammo]

I'm very familiar with these. Don't care, immediately watching this video anyway! 😂

[@zenswrd7815]

Great lesson! Nudge nudge 🤣

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:)

[@krudler406]

i swear one day i will make it over the giant water and buy you that beer Rob🔥🎸

[@QJamTracks]

hahaha!

[@johnp.johnson1541]

Cool vid. Thanks! Easier: C Maj: I ii iii IV V vi vii° C D E F G A B The dom of scale degree X is 5 away inclusive the scale. Make it a 7 chord: A7 for Dm B7 for Em C7 for F D7 for G E7 for A ? F7 for Bm° The dim secondary dominant truly is interesting. C♯dim7 for Dm D♯dim7 for Em E dim7 for F F♯dim7 for G G♯dim7 for Am A♯dim7 for Bm° B dim7 for C

[@frederickbaggett936]

@16:32 sounds like some Opeth Damnation

[@QJamTracks]

Actually I took the first two chords from an old Metallica song :) I forgot which one...

[@abd-ix5qd]

/ Bb / D7 / EbM7 / Ebm / I had cool progression from one of country hits song. Its confusing cause the tonic is Bb major but it seems the chords are from a Gm Dorian. 😊

[@Valdo19-p9z]

Hey Rob, why is the secondary dominant of a minor chord/key a dominant 7 chord built on a diatonic minor chord degree? So like the example in your video, you took B7 as the primary dominant of E minor key, but the diatonic primary dominant7 chord degree in a minor key is the 7th degree right? So in this case, the D7 chord would be the secondary dominant of E minor chord right? Or is it all about that V-I relation and therefore we turn the 5th degree of the tonicized chord into a dominant 7 chord for the purpose of tonicizing that new chord?

[@gedinchristian603]

Is there an Ebook for this excellent lesson?

[@QJamTracks]

In the making...

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Billy Joel? I knew it. He's Canadian.

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A nod's as a good as a wink to a blind bat, eh?

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haha!

[@buta_nada]

I don't understand at all 😮‍💨 maybe I am too stupid😅

[@michaelgallemore7577]

Next time use Hillary and Monica and try talking slower

[@Gongchime]

Secondary dominants to sound hopelessly out of date.

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The best 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻