SECONDARY CHORDS: DOMINANT OR LEADING-TONE

Question 1

Secondary Dominants are always _____ Triads or ____-____ ______ chords

Answer 1

Secondary Dominants are always Major Triads or Major-minor Chords

Question 2

Secondary Dominants ________ a ________ from a another key, usu. a diatonic key

Answer 2

Borrow a dominant

Question 3

Tonicization

Answer 3

Tonicization means we are pretending that a chord is the tonic for a moment. Pretending we are momentarily in a different key

Question 4

Voice-Leading rules for both Primary and Secondary sets of chords.
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Answer 4

1. Resolve chord sevenths down one scale degree in the same voice.
2. Resolve secondary leading-tone notes up one scale degree when appearing in the soprano or bass voices.
3. Avoid doubling the secondary leading-tone note (the third of the secondary dominants and the root of the secondary leading-tone chords).

Question 5

To write a Secondary Dominant or Leading-Tone Chord:
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Answer 5

1. Determine the scale degree being tonicized and identify the note letter name. The tonicized scale degree is represented by the second Roman numeral of the secondary dominant symbol (the Roman numeral after the forward slash).
2. Figure out the dominant or leading-tone relationship to the tonicized scale degree. The dominant relationship will be a P5 above the tonicized note. The leading-tone relationship will be a m2 below.
3. Build the chord using the secondary dominant or leading-tone note identified in step 2 as the root. The quality of the chord is represented by the first Roman numeral.