Brainlag MusicSecondary dominants and diminished sevenths colouring a simple melody.
Colour under the tune
Romantic composers colour plain melodies with secondary dominants, the diminished seventh and the Neapolitan, often just before a cadence.
The melody may stay simple while the harmony moves chromatically under it.
The rest of this lesson and its 5 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
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