Secondary Dominants- Write Better Chord Progressions! [MUSIC THEORY / SONGWRITING]

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Secondary Dominant chords are a great addition to the 7 chords we normally see in major keys and their modes, they are outside of the key but will take us to chords in the key. This occurs a LOT in modern music, especially the V7/vi, and learning your secondary dominants will help you write better and more interesting chord progressions.
These chords introduce non-diatonic notes (notes outside the scale) so it is usually obvious to the ear that there is something unique and interesting about these chords when they appear.
In this video, we explore all the usable secondary dominants except the V7/iii. The only reason I excluded it is was because the video was getting long and I didn't have any good examples of it, also I don't find it to be very usable but I encourage you to play with it.
These chords work in ANY MODE but you will find it's fairly difficult to use them outside of major and minor due to the other modes not being as stable. The "mini modulations" within the key cause our tonality to get shifted around and maintaining a modal tonal center can prove tricky.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Dominant Chords
02:08 Secondary Dominant Chords
05:22 V7/IV
06:47 V7/V
07:49 V7/vi and Resolving Tricks
09:39 Wrapping Up

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How so? Seems to work to my ear. Not trying to call you stupid or something, but what I am missing?

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Why has Jake pinned this ? 🤔

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[@yehat17]

What isn't true? The V7 of ii in G major isn't E7? Cause it is. Real News!!

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Confirmed, this is very not true

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very true brother.. you also notice it!!!

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[@DesignCourse]

Liking and commenting before watching because I know he kicks ass. I'll be writing better chord progressions in 48 hours.

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LOL thanks, and I bet you will be - this is a very practical and usable concept that you'll hear all over the place!

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Best intermediate music teacher on KZbin.

[@commentfreely5443]

i always figured you can make a iii into a III7 like in hotel california. but the way you say a 5th of a minor = Bm in D = F#7, which was the iii to D anyway,.

[@gbormann71]

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[@johnmcjohnco.4537]

I took Music theory for a couple years in school and struggled for years afterwards trying to understand why anyone would want to use secondary dominants, and how to use them myself; you sir did that in 20 minutes, and it all clicked for me, a true music hero.

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As Tom Petty used to say: "dont bore us, get to the chorus." Your vids are always spot on: a highly vauled respite in an ocean of bad intruction. Thanks for helping me navigate!

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"Here, let me teach you while I also play and sing" -Jake Multitasker.

[@Dennizka]

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[@rageagainstmyhatchet]

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[@madcockney]

@@gbormann71 You are right there though Mike Beatham (Fretjam) only shows via graphs etc and audio. What he tries to do is at mainly an intermediate to advanced level. (A lot of Fretjam support comes from the USA whereas he is based in the UK. I only found this out in an email a few years back when I asked why he used USA clearing for donations.) Another good one is Justinguitar who was one of, if not the originator of lessons on YT. There are very few intermediate guitar channels on YT and especially those that don't bore you to tears. It needs to be interesting, keeps your attention and makes you want to try out what you have learnt.

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@@lordbeebus9842 just for my own knowledge, why "learnt" isn't a word? I think British people use it a lot, while American people use "learned". Let me know if I'm wrong, English isn't my mother language.

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[@SignalsMusicStudio]

I started learning code about 5 years ago and was astonished at how much i was able to relate to music composition. Abstraction in music theory is as helpful as it is in CS- you don't have to understand every bit of underlying theory, just how to manipulate and use it! Likewise you don't need to know assembly language to write an android app =)

[@icanfartloud]

Not to burst a possible bubble, but it's impossible to write original music. You can, however, write some original lyrics...so if by a song you mean your thoughts, just write a daily happenings diary, it'll be easy to use that for lyrics.

[@BM-jy6cb]

@@icanfartloud There some truth in what you say, but every now and again another great song comes along. It may be using well worn chords, but have an interesting rhythm, a great new hook, good vocals etc. What you say is akin to saying is impossible to paint an original picture. That's only true until someone with the right talent comes along and does it. As for keeping a diary for lyrics - it wouldn't work for me; I'm a software developer and I don't think people want to hear songs about spending hours debugging some business app! Anyway, for me at least, I don't care if I churn out original stuff - it's a hobby and if I ended up with something that sounded like Hey Jude by accident, I'd be well happy.

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DUDE. Thank you so much! I've been trying to wrap my head around secondary dominants and how to use them and your video helped clear it up for me!

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[@5966ramesh]

Thank you so much. This video clarifies most of my queries on the Dominants and secondary dominants. Thanks again.

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This is gold! I was sceptical to watch it since I know the theory behind secondary dominants very well, yet you still managed to suprise me with some intricacies of it and inspired me again to pursue different approaches/concepts to write music. Thanks a lot, your channel is something special!

[@martynspooner5822]

I could never understand what secondary dominant chords were until now. Thanks for explaining so clearly. Much appreciated.

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Musical vocabulary expanded! Great and useful as always. Im teaching (or at least trying to teach) my friends the basics of basics of music theory and I mostly use knowledge from your videos. Thanks, Jake!

[@thebruckners]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours because it uses examples from songs were are all familiar with. Thank you!

[@andboesch76]

Great video - thanks for talking us through!

[@semanticsamuel936]

What I love about these videos is that they aren't prescriptive and feel simple, but really just open up a whole new musical cave to explore. It equips you with the tools and knowledge, but they aren't going to get you writing songs like Hey Jude overnight. The magic really comes from when you combine ideas from multiple videos (and elsewhere from the realms of music theory) to create something new and interesting. I think it's like the video you did on God Chords. By themselves, they sound cheesy and cliché, but in context in a well-written song they can be epic. Here again secondary dominant chords can get old quickly, but there are still plenty of ways we can experiment with them with a well-composed melody.

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Why would anyone give thumbs down??! For a detailed and informative video.

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Sometimes the finger misses the target. With only seven thumbs down it’s probably just random error.

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"hurdurr I wanted metallica tabs wtf"

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Because theory is not needed when scratching.

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User has no opposable thumbs!

[@vitellonealvapore877]

because it's wrong. or at least not properly explained. the 5th degree of a natural minor ISN'T dominant, it's min7.

[@spoddie]

Thank you! I've always wondered what the theoretical justification for C D7 F in Cee Lo Green's song.

[@xwinglover]

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[@zengokigyh]

Best informative explanations i've found on youtube in way over 5 years using youtube. Thank you!

[@love4thetruth]

Beatles songs are peppered with secondary dominants.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Yep! I was going to use In My Life as an example for the V7/IV in the verse which is in A Major but uses an A7 to pivot to the IV chord then follows up with a borrowed iv chord to get back home to I. But I already used that song once as an example in my video on the minor plagal cadence, and besides, Hey Jude is a masterpiece IMHO.

[@jackdawson971]

Sgt. Peppered with secondary dominants

[@KieranGiles]

@@SignalsMusicStudio I never really appreciated the Beatles before because I couldn't hear the emotion in the tracks, they felt too old to and far away from my own life and unrelated to me but when you walked me down that IV, IV/Bb, ii, IV 6/4 I nearly cried. That dominant led me right into a heart wrenching walk down something that really resonated with me. And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don't carry the world upon your shoulders For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder When he says that and then walks you down those chords man... I've done that before. Could you explain to me how to walk people up and down chords like that so that when I sing about something I can lead into those same feelings?

[@drummerbrode72]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Exactly! And those chords you play at 8:10 are pretty much exactly the chords to "Another Day" by Paul McCartney

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>man with shaking index finger in awe.gif

[@RevJ7]

Anyone else take a half hour to watch this 10 minute video? lol

[@jeremyturner745]

7:29 is where the light bulb went off

[@flutterwind7686]

Same. This is a concept you need to take to heart as a foundation

[@mattthemetalguitarist]

Yep, I rewatch it multiple times so I can learn the concept

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i rewatch all his vids everytime!!!

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10 watching, 10 rewatching, 10 taking notes

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Awesome lesson. I’ve learned so much from your channel. Thanks!

[@Tone-Oz]

Still so awesome. I saw this video the first time a long time ago but still get so much out of it. thanks Jake

[@monkeybusiness673]

"A 'Jazz-handsy-show-is-over.kind of chord'" I just love that phrase!

[@MrMetalhorse]

All this time learning ways to make better progressions and then I get sad because in reality all people want to hear is l - V - vi -IV.

[@mrstrypes]

True, but I think that a time is coming soon when more and more people will get worn out on the tires old 4-chord formula. The pendulum always swings the other way eventually. (Here's hoping anyway.)

[@alsatusmd1A13]

Steve W The problem with that hope, if one accepts Plato's theory as fundamentally correct (which I do not mean to say by this that I personally do), is that all there may really be to draw potential "philosophers" from is people who would technically be poisoned by "actual philosophy and reason" and therefore want "mere propaganda" although ideally there should be some given person for whom this is false. However, the strange part about the whole matter is that modern critics of Plato are doubtful of how truly he himself believed this (he even goes so far as to admit rather bluntly that he is technically prescribing lying propaganda to be used in his "ideal" Politeia).

[@MrMikomi]

Rubbish. People want to hear good music. Good music can be made with very simplistic chord progressions or complex chord progressions. The unifying characteristic is that it's good music.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Even with all the stuff I've learned, I still just go to I V vi IV if I want something to singable and catchy. It works so well!

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[@Rome.Monroe]

I just heard Evanescence's new song "Wasted on You" and immediately recognized that V7/VI chord.

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Reminds me of Waste by Phish

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I thought the same thing- Trey is so great at interesting composition. He's the all-knowing, all-seeing eye of music.

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I usually already have a pretty good grasp on the topics you talk about, but there's always a sweet progression or nugget of information I didn't think about before. Great stuff dude!!

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* Hears the G-E7-Am-D7 * My brain: *ROUND ROUND GET AROUND, I GET AROUND* 2:56

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Just had theory class today. Thanks goodness for your video to clear my head.

[@Atticus837]

Why didn't you do V7/iii? It's bugging me. Great video though

[@gabrielrothley]

Cause the V7/iii would be the Dominant chord of vii which is a Diminished Triad (with b5 instead of perfect 5th) It probably wouldn't sound good

@@gabrielrothley No. V7/iii is the dominant of the iii, not of vii. An example would be B7 moving to Emin in the key of C major. I'm also looking for a real example.

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There's a place for both. I am the first to say that a good teacher is best but many cannot afford, or have the lifestyle to make that feasible. YT, etc can add to what a teacher provides and vice versa. However choosing the right teacher is essential and then you may not have one close to you. Most of the good on-line YT Guitar Teaching channels are also teachers in their own right and have their own private clients. (Some of the channels started up as a resource for their own students.) Besides the likes of Patreon and donations they rely on the monetising of the channel from advertisement revenue to make the channels possible. That is why it is such a big thing when a video gets demonetised especially if you have a large subscription and viewer base.) YT has been good for many channels as it has given them access to people and organisations that they would not normally have as well as in some instances provision of gear. However that does depend on the size of the channel.

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The problem is exactly that. Instead of many teachers making a decent amount of money, now there are only a few because of online platforms. There are always two sides to every story.

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I basically agree with you though there are different levels of teachers on YT. Many of those concentrating on those new or just at a basic level. I actually use Patreon to support some of the teachers not just with regards to music and also buy some of their content as a means of support. Their is also the fact that when they get to a certain level of views and subscribers they can earn on YT. The downside is that they often lose out by others copyright claims. There has even been claims when the musicians own the copyright themselves. Yes there are organisations out there claiming that copyright on everything hoping that it won't be disputed.

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[@monolithiclight7047]

Poor diminished :(

[@carltaylor4942]

Oh, I don't know. It has it's moments. Listen to "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.

[@EversonBernardes]

Diminished chords are their own little bag of tricks. They do a lot of stuff. They're the weird guy that has few friends but a lot of different skills.

[@pollardfamily5688]

In fact what Jake is calling a diminished chord is actually the half-diminished or the minor 7th with a flat 5. It's a normal part of harmony - fits in both major and aeolian minor modes and it has a function entirely separate to the diminished. Not sure why he's calling it diminished - but it's simply inaccurate to do so. The half-diminished is beautiful in it's own right - it can act as the ii chord in a minor key - leading to the dominant and then to the minor. This is it's most common function.

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@@carltaylor4942 listen to Yngwie J Malmsteen,,,,

[@gbormann71]

@@pollardfamily5688 And yet it is called diminished everywhere you look. Whilst everyone might be wrong, it's probably best to stick to convention (rather than pedantry) so that when people go look it up, they don't get confused. They'll get the fine point once they're at a stage where they can (and want to) dig deeper.

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Awesome video! Excellent lesson. I totally get it. Can use right right away. Thank you.

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Little. Tiny. Modulations.

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There are no mistakes, only happy chromaticisms.

[@TrueGritProductions]

@@EversonBernardes as usual, you're a half step ahead of me

[@EversonBernardes]

@@TrueGritProductions I'm just trying to set the tone, man.

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Everson Bernardes so punny

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Another great theory lesson. I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. No one conveys music concepts as well as you. Very impressed.

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Hey man you never let me down with your stuff....I just love how simply you explain all the complex details of the music theory. I'd even love to learn from you as how the band Opeth creates its mysterious chord progressions and writes solos.

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You teach so clearly, concisely, and competently. Bravo!

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Stellar teaching in a relaxed but very efficient form. Much appreciated by this student. Thank you.

[@MrPaco2203]

I always learn something every time that I watch one of your videos. You are an excellent teacher! You have a unique way of making theory very easy to understand, when sometimes it is not. Thanks!

[@davidkcarpenter]

Invaluable. Thank you for these amazing and “no-fluff” videos. You’re a great teacher and communicator! So grateful!

[@aptelbruno8316]

Thank you so much Jake - As usual - so clear, detailed, complete, and pleasant. You are doing tremendous job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thank you Sirminator!! Ive been watching so many videos of yours lately..learning alot..so much knowledge for free..please dont stop. Thank you!!

[@jonr371]

Dude, this explanation is so good. Thank you!!

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I love you so much. You obviously work so hard. You are so passionate, knowledgeable and articulate and great at communicating your knowledge. thanks so much. I will support your Patreon as soon as financially possible!!

[@vladyavorov3605]

Great! I have been playing this in some jazz songs, usually a turn round, but I never new the theory behind. Now I know! Thanks a lot! After watching your videos I started writing some chord progression. It's a lot of fun!

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Great video. Great information. I'm really starting to understand the CAGED system, chord construction, overlapping scales, triads and arpeggios. These videos are helping me to really see the connections and bigger picture. Great teacher.

[@Topfirst81]

Wow Jake, that’s an amazingly practical lesson. Thank you so much for all the great tips. In my opinion you make some of the most usable lessons on KZbin,, and I’ve been playing for 10 years. Inspirational stuff !

[@omarfranco8426]

Keep the good work. Really great video, I like how you explain theory

[@JECastle4]

Great topic, I learnt a lot. Also, some really good examples of where these ideas are used, this helped create links and learn not just about the theory, but also the application. Keep up the good work!

[@petermcmurray2807]

Best description I have ever come across THANK YOU

[@sorenakarimi6612]

Thanks for the useful information Jake, it really really helps me a lot ❤️❤️❤️

[@nikocvitanic7701]

Truly the best theory content. You have expanded and my playing more than I ever imagined, and given me the gift of musical expression. I thank you beyond what I can articulate

[@JoshSaysStuff]

This is exactly what I needed in my music-making journey. The way you explain how chords function and where to add them is so intuitive that I've never had a single question after viewing one of your videos. Thank you so much!

[@lloydekins]

Wicked video mate, you’ve taught me loads from the lockdown and onwards, thank you so much. Love the L4D hoodie too 🧟‍♂️

[@atlucasfc]

Dude, I'm really impressed about how simple and easy you make to understand these concepts about writing harmony, much in love with your videos

[@frl31951]

Keep them coming Brother. Nice work.