What are Secondary Dominants?

Welcome! Today's episode is a music theory and songwriting lesson on secondary dominants. The video will go over topics like how secondary dominants function and how you can incorporate them into your own music.

[shaugathdey]

Fun, easy to understand and beautifully structured - thanks! Looking forward to your future content :)

[kabedford]

That was really excellent! I've been interested in secondary dominants and incorporating them into my compositions, but I wasn't sure how to notate them. This video gives me a clear answer! Thank you! (And me, too, btw, here because of Signals Music Studios!)

[TSBoncompte]

duuude I've watched like six vids on secondary dominants and yours is the first one I really pero properly get.

[Jesse_Scoccimarra]

I watched like 4 or 5 vids and then I got here and this video is straight to the point, love the simplicity in the way you teach, you are eye captivating and keep doing what you do

[voidvisir]

Wow, love your channel, props from Italy!

[amypierce]

WOWEE 🙃☺️ I like the texture, depth and flavor of it. Thanks! 🎹👍😄

[alhasantoru]

Im Come From Signals Music Studio. And that staff helps me very much..

[endlessetudes]

Instant sub. Awesome presentation. Very intuitive.

[matrixate]

This was an eye opener. The part where you introduce the V7...needs better explanation but overall this was actually quite insightful. Thanks.

[endriu]

2:55 that progression right there is secondary dominant heaven my dude

[sethatronifyable]

Great info and production! Just wanted to clarify a minor detail, around 1:55 you say "count five notes starting on the root note of your chord", did you mean "count five scale degrees..."? Thanks!

[JRokujuushi]

In the example, E7 is the secondary dominant to Am. Since E is the third scale degree in C major, would that E7 also count as a chromatic mediant?

[salamandra]

i don't understend why "in a triad, the third note is the dominant in that key"? Is the dominant in that key but not the chord? and the last onw i don't understed ethier, why the root and the fifth?? im chilean so learning this in other lenguague is hard, someone can explain me?