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         Secondary Dominants are chords that are the fifth chord from another chord .Often it’s a  dominant of a dominant thus getting  name secondary dominants . For example d      Here are examples of secondary dominants          This one will show you how Secondary dominants are used to enhance jazz harmony .       This video is from  “Jazz Piano series  owner of this video is Mr. Assaf, the developer of the mangold project  channel on Youtube .     This Video shows you how to construct or build  a Secondary dominant chord on he keyboard  and also how to use secondary dominants to enhance a gospel song . This video is owned and created by Mr Jeff Schneider  Jens Larson is the creator of this next video .He talks about the use of secondary dominant chords in improvising. Here we have a video that is showing the power to enhance your ear playing ...

Motifs and Sequences  What is a Motif ?      A Motif  is a musical idea in a piece of music that is developed  further often by Diatonic Sequences in a musical composition. Below is a piece of music with a famous Motif : Watch and see if you can identify the Motif  and sequences in this famous  piece of music . The above Content owned by Mgill Symphony Orchestra : this video was used from their public YouTube channel  What is a Sequence ?                    A sequence is a  Repeated Pattern  in the music  that changes key .. It’s  consists of repeated motives repeated motive   Diantonic Patterns /Sequences      Means it’s staying in the  chosen Key that you are in  . 🤩.  ❤️. Descending 5ths are the most common  They can repeat in a circle of Fifths  and whenever you are ready you Chan get off the train and end  it  😀...

        What is Phrase structure ? A Phrase in music is a place of a breath in music  like a sentence in  speaking . A Motif   Is the smallest identifiable melody in music . Motifs can be modified in ways such as   Dynamics , Modulations, Adding Notes, inverting chords  and rhythmic like the amount of rests in between motives 🙂Musical Sentences ,We end a musical phrase usually with a Half  Cadence( chord V ) The Paragraph will end on a Perfect Authentic Cadence  (V7- 1 )or PAC A diagram would be  Like.                   A.                            A1 ————————-HC————————PAC 🎻A Question is called an 🧐Antecedent  🎻 and the answer is called a  👨🏼‍🌾 Consequent                   Me Playing a piece with a motif          ...

            Voice Leading Continued   ***************************************** Remember Dominant 7th chords  consist of a Triton which resolves  notes inward or a outward depending on where they are. So in the key of C Major ,  a dominant 7th chord , which is G B D F the  7th  degree of he C a major scale  B resolves to the 8th degree C  and the 4th degree of a C Major Scale which is F resolves downward to the 3rd which is E. Note 💚that they form Tritons’ …B to F natural is a Tritone. Which notes resolve . If your lost on What a tritone is this video should help you discover its significance  and the beauty in its resolving . Questions  for You  #1.  If a 1st Inversion Dominant 7th chord doesn’t have the Bass note can the Tritone still be heard ? #2.  What are the Tritone notes of a Dominant 7th chord in the key of  G Major ? #3 How do those Notes Resolve ? What are the Tritone n...