March 30, 2023

What Are Secondary Dominant Chords?The short explanation is this:secondary dominant chords (also called Applied Chords and Secondary Chords) are chords that function as dominant chords to chords other than the tonic chord of the key. Roman Numeral AnalysesWhen we encounter a secondary dominant chord, we analyze it as [Dominant Seventh Chord] of [some temporary tonic chord]. In music theory

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September 25, 2022

What Is The Blues Scale?Some argue that there are actually two blues scales:The Major Blues Scale (degrees 1, 2, b3(#9), 3, 5, 6), which is based on the major pentatonic scale (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) with an added blue note (b3=#9)The Minor Blues Scale ((degrees 1, b3(#9), 3, 4, b5(#11), 5, b7) based on the

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August 3, 2018

Piano Accompaniment Tutorial Sorry, this post is currently under construction. Please check back again soon! What you will learn as it relates to the song How to accompany a singer or instrumentalist in pop-ballade style How the chord progression works A guide to how to create good sounding piano accompaniments in that style About the

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August 1, 2018

In this article I will discuss how we can use the suspended 4 chord (sus4) and its inversions to create interesting modern jazz voicings and melodic lines for improvisation. the suspended 4 chord The suspended 4 chord is traditionally a chord that preceded a major triad. It was originally used to create tension by replacing

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