Building Blocks: Secondary Dominants (Patreon)

Building Blocks: Secondary Dominants

Dominant function is the engine that drives functional harmony, pointing you back to the root to begin the cycle all over again. It's a highly directional sound, but why does it only point in one direction? Can we set up other chords, and if so, how? It turns out the answer is shockingly simple: We just steal the dominant chords from their scales. It works due to some interesting properties of the dominant 7th chord, and opens up loads of possibilities for new and wonderful harmonies. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/ Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com Last: https://youtu.be/8Dfi0cRcpb4 Functional Harmony video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_lbUcb-uE&t=2s&index=8&list=PLMvVESrbjBWplAcg3pG0TesncGT7qvO06 Modal Interchange video: https://youtu.be/JtRvGL-fJmY Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ui6TFrlxqPm85q9wkddV33agiTcjZ1UEMSnOPEIAc0A/edit?usp=sharing Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters: Ron Jones Jill Jones Susan Jones Howard Levine Elaine Pratt Ken Arnold Mark Yachnin Gabi Ghita Kaylor Hodges Nicholas Kehonen Dialup Salesman Joe Mensor William (Bill) Boston Nicolas Mendoza Irvine Garrett Brian Etheredge Justin Donnell: https://www.youtube.com/user/jsterj1 Khristofor Saraga And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Logan Jones, Eugene Bulkin, Abram Thiessen, Anna Work, Oliver, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Jon I, nico, David Zahara, Harold Gonzales, Lucas van Loomis, rhandhom1, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland, Scott Lavoie, jason black, Dutreuilh Olivier, Olivia Andersson, Jason Mantei, Nick Olman, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, billy roberts, Elliot Burke, Alex Atanasyan, Davis Sprague, Amlor, Miles Strand, PlayTheMind, Noah Quilantan, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, Elias Simon, David Hunter, Paul Huff, Gargron, and Jordan Nelson! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!