Grade 8 Music Theory, Unit 1, Lesson 3 of 5
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V of IV

Music theory, Secondary dominants, 12 minutes

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The dominant of the subdominant: the tonic chord with a minor 7th added.

The tonic with a flattened 7th

V of IV is the tonic chord itself; it only sounds like a dominant when the minor 7th is added: in G major, G, B, D, F natural.

The F natural falls to E, and the music turns to IV.

In G major: V7 of IV, F natural falling to E as C major (IV) arrives

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