Brainlag Music
Brainlag MusicThe dominant of the dominant
V of V: the supertonic chord made major, its raised 3rd leading up to the dominant.
A dominant for the dominant
Chord V leads to I. In the same way a chord can lead to V: the chord that is V in the dominant key. It is built on the supertonic but made major, so its 3rd is the sharpened subdominant, the leading note of the dominant key. It is labelled V/V.
The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
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- 4 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
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