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C - C7 - F - G - C

For example in the key of C we have

Here is an example of the chord progressions we were looking at earlier with the addition of the secondary dominant.

Cmaj7 (I) - Dmin7 (ii) - Emin7 (iii) - Fmaj7 (IV) - G7 (V) - Amin7 (vii) - Bmin7b5 (viii)

Here we have added the C7 before the F - The C7 pulls us towards the F despite in not being part of the C major Chord scale.

Guitar And Secondary Dominants

These secondary dominants are all over the place in the world of music. Once you get to grips with the sound you will begin to pick them up by just listening.

Firstly in music, if you play the 5th chord (V) there is a very strong pull or resolve (also called a cadence) to the first chord (I).

In the Key of C we have C Dm Em F G Am Bdim

If you want to write music then this is a must. It livens up those dead chord progressions. You will need a basic knowledge of music to fully understand this.

The theory is, that whilst the secondary dominants do not contain the notes of the key you are working in, they have such a strong pull to the chord that is within the key due to the V- I relationship.

You would not just throw a secondary dominant randomly into a song, it would almost always come before the relevant I chord -

A secondary dominant chord will always come before the note it is resolving to. This means you cannot just stick it in anywhere or it will sound very odd.

Yes Yes Yes is the answer.

What are secondary dominants and what do they have to do with music? Can they help with my songwriting? Is it something I should know?

The secondary dominant of G is a D7 - again you can hear how the D7 wants to resolve to the G.

The secondary dominant chord of Fmaj7 is a C7 - play between these 2 chords and you will hear the pull.

If we take the Dm and work out what the V chord is of this - it is in fact A (or A7 to be accurate) we can do this off of each chord. it is written as V/ii which means the fifth of the second chord.

If we wanted to use a secondary dominant here we have two options. The I chord does not have a secondary dominant as the V of I is already part of the scale - This is the G7 chord. If you play between the G7 and the C you will hear how the G7 wants to resolve to the C.

A classic progression here would be the I, IV, V progression so in this case C, F and G7

The V chord here is G