How Secondary Dominants Work

Today I'm showing you what secondary dominants are and how they can help you add some crunch to your next chord progression. We'll also go over a key (ha) setback with the secondary dominant and how we can avoid that.  

Here's what you learn today: 

• Learn the fundamental harmonic concept of a secondary dominant. 
• How you can use secondary dominants to tonicize basically any chord, ever. 
• The secret to keeping your original tonal key intact.  

Secondary dominants are a fantastic introduction to using nondiatonic harmony in our chord progressions. Ultimately, we're using a similar concept to harmonic minor by leveraging the power of the dominant to create a unique flavor that pushes us to a specific resolution.  

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below the video!  

Thanks for being here and DFTBA  

Avi