Using Secondary Dominants to Spice up Your Chord Progressions

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[@MrDuncanBelfast]

I've watched a couple of videos on secondary dominants, and this is the one that made it click for me. Thank you very much!

[@zombieguitar]

No problem...glad to help!

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Brian, this is a fantastically clear explanation which I watched after several others that left me in the dark, you have a gift for explanation. Thanks for this.

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This clears up a lot. Always thought that the secondary dominant had to resolve to the 2 chord of the key.. hence secondary....

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In the key of C you can use the diatonic chords C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am and Bm-5. Add secondary dominants and you can also use C7, D7, E7, F7, A7 and B7 when playing in the key of C. Add tritone substitution and you can also use F#7, G#7, Bb7, C#7 and D#7 when playing in the key of C. So your next lesson could be explaining tritone substitution :-)

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Great video ! Just one thing that I don't understand, do you have to play the dominant 7 always ? Because if I am not wrong, your V chord leads to your tonic, even if you don't play the 7th, like if I am in C and play the G triad, it still resolves into C, even if i don't play G7, so when using secondary dominants, am I forced to play the 7th, otherwise it's not a secondary dominant chord ? Don't know if I am clear.

[@zombieguitar]

You are right. It doesn't necessarily have to be a dominant 7th chord. The important thing is that it is a "major V" chord, which then moves to the "I chord" or "i chord". The 7th just adds more tension, which creates a stronger pull.

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Great videos! How do you explain when the iii chord is used as a Secondary Dom but moves to the IV chord instead of the V? We hear that a lot. why does that work? Thanks

[@zombieguitar]

Well if the iii chord moves to the IV chord, than it wouldn't be functioning as a "dominant chord". If it was a major III chord, you could just label it as a "borrowed chord"!

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In the Pixies “Where is my mind” the 2ndary dominant G# comes just after the C#m chord instead of before it. Instead the G# resolves to A. Sounds amazing of course but what are your thoughts on that use of it? Is the G# still considered a 2ndary dominant even when it’s not resolving to its “root” in this case the vi chord of C#m. ?

[@zombieguitar]

Great question! That is known as the "Major III chord" (which is also considered a secondary dominant too, as you pointed out). I made an entire lesson about the major III chord here 😀 www.zombieguitar.com/the-one-chord-that-makes-every-progression-better-the-major-iii-chord/

[@TheFeo2e]

Great lessons Brian. Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't Em7 be the V/vi since Em is the 5th of vi (Am in C)?.

[@zombieguitar]

Hey thanks for watching. It would be an E7 though, because dominant chords are 7th chords, and also not actually part of the key (non-diatonic). Em7 is actually part of this key (the iii chord).

[@deanc2000]

Good job! One question. Most of the time, do song writers start with a chord progression, or do they have a melody first and then put the progression to the melody?

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Good question...I saw a reddit thread that asked this question, and most people agree that it's half and half...I personally like to write the rhythm first, then put the melody over top of it.

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Does it work with 4ths too?