| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: secondary dominant resolutions | |
| mco246 -- 05/04/2005, 10:36:54 -- #13522 | |
| Hi, I am trying to figure out what are some common resolutions to these small progressions.Assume all based on a Major scale; (C Major) ii V/ii would tend to resolve to ?? Dm7 Am7 - ? Is the V/ii going to be an AM7 or Am7 ? (diatonically to the parent scale, it should be Am7 since its the sixth degree of C major) (but its also the V degree of Dm7) What about the following resolutions? iii V/iii (would V/iii be major or minor? And what should this progression resolve to?) what about non diatonic chords? for example: II V/II - ? Thanks! | |
| Dr. Whack -- 05/04/2005, 12:21:11 -- #13528 | |
| Typically dominant 7ths resolve to I, unless you don't want em to:) Remember, dominants are the V of something, and that "something" is where they typically resolve, so V/iii would typically resolve to iii.. minor chords don't really resolve, so if your v is minor, it can kinda just sit there:) | |
| Jazz+ -- 05/04/2005, 13:43:24 -- #13538 | |
| Secondary Dominants are always Dominant 7th chords, not Major 7th or minor 7th chords. In the Key of C: V of ii is A7 (Am7 is the diatonic vi chord) V of II7 is also A7 V of iii is B7 etc. | |
| 7 -- 05/05/2005, 02:02:49 -- #13554 | |
| To answer your question of where Dm7 - Am7 would resolve to. In a strictly circular progression, it would resolve to either some kind of G or some kind of D. That's because the circle can move in either direction. Other possiblilites exist as well, depending on the context of the progression. | |
| 7 -- 05/05/2005, 11:31:00 -- #13562 | |
| correction: In a strictly circular progression, it would resolve to either some kind of E or some kind of D. | |
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