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- What is altered dominant chord?
- How do you notate an altered chord?
- How do you analyze secondary dominant chords?
- How do you notate altered dominants?
What is altered dominant chord?
So what is a substitute dominant chord? Well, it's a dominant chord an augmented fourth, aka tritone, away from the dominant chord it's substituting for. Now the term "substitute dominant chords" is a real mouthful, so they are often called subV's ("sub five's").
How do you notate an altered chord?
To alter a tone is simply to raise or lower it by a semitone. Altered chords may include both a flattened and sharpened form of the altered fifth or ninth, e.g. G; however, it is more common to use only one such alteration per tone, e.g. G, G, G, or G. The raised 15th is only used when the 9th in a chord is natural.
How do you analyze secondary dominant chords?
Determine the note that would be a perfect 5th below the root of the chord you are analyzing. If this note would be the root of a diatonic chord, the chord you are analyzing is a secondary dominant. Since B is , the F♯ major chord in first inversion is tonicizing V . Therefore the chord is V V V 6 / V .
How do you notate altered dominants?
Typically, a dominant seventh chord is considered altered if either or both the 5th or 9th are chromatically raised or lowered. (“G7alt” might mean a G7 with both an altered 5th and 9th, but is vague in that it doesn't specify how the 5th and 9th are chromatically altered.)
