{"id":13610,"date":"2016-05-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=13610"},"modified":"2024-10-07T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:39:00","slug":"dominant-chord-fifth-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/dominant-chord-fifth-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"A Breakdown Of The Dominant Chord"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we will doing a study on the dominant chord.<\/p>\n

The dominant chord is one of the best things that happened to harmony in music. In the past 500 years, music has been based on the dominant-tonic relationship and tonality<\/a>. Tonality cannot be established without the dominant-tonic relationship.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0won’t\u00a0go into the history of tonality in this lesson because we have a lot to learn in this post. So, permit me to give you an overview on the concept of tonality.<\/p>\n

An Overview On The Concept Of Tonality<\/h2>\n

The concept of “key” replaces the neutrality<\/em> of having twelve tones:
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\n…with the concept of tonality, which is the establishment of a particular tone as the principal tone\u00a0(aka – “tonic”) and having other notes revolving around it. The tonality is a key environment <\/em>where there’s an attraction towards the tonic (more on this later).<\/p>\n

Making E:
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\n…the tonal center [or the key center] means that E is the the principal tone (aka – “tonic”) and other tones are revolving around it.<\/p>\n

There are two distinct tonalities<\/a> in music – the major<\/em> key and the minor<\/em> key and irrespective of the tonality, there must be a strong connection between the dominant and the tonic (aka – “tonic-dominant<\/em> relationship”.)<\/p>\n

At this point, defining the terms tonic <\/em>and dominant <\/em>is\u00a0necessary.<\/p>\n

The tonic<\/strong> is the scale degree name (aka – “technical name”) of the first tone<\/strong> in a major or minor key.<\/p>\n

The dominant<\/strong> is the scale degree name (aka – “technical name”) of the fifth tone<\/strong> in a major or minor key.<\/p>\n

Tonality is established by the strong attraction between the fifth and first tones in any key – whether major<\/em> or minor<\/em>. Now that you’re familiar with the tonic as the principal tone of the tonality, let’s talk about the dominant.<\/p>\n

The Dominant<\/h2>\n

The dominant<\/strong> is the fifth degree of the major or minor scale and has the strongest pull in music towards the first degree (aka – “tonic”).<\/p>\n

The tonic chord establishes a stable environment while the dominant chord creates an attraction to it. Chords built on the dominant have a level of activity or tendency that resolves to a chord of the tonic.<\/p>\n

For instance, the fifth degree in the key of C major:
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\n…is G:
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\nConsequently, chords that are formed on G:
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\n…(which is the fifth degree of the C major scale), are known as dominant chords.<\/p>\n

They are referred to as dominant chords because there are various classes of chords that can be formed on the dominant, ranging from triads, like G major:
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\n…to seventh chords – the G dominant seventh chord:
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\n…to ninth chords – the G dominant ninth chord:
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\n…and other extended chords. The term dominant chord<\/em>\u00a0 is a generic term that refers to all chords that are formed on the fifth degree in any key you’re in [whether major or minor].<\/p>\n

However, we’ll be limiting our scope to the dominant triad. To learn more about the extended dominant chord, check out this post on the harmonic value of the dominant ninth chord<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the next segment, I’ll be showing you the harmonic constituents of the dominant triad that makes it vital.<\/p>\n

The Harmonic Constituents Of The Dominant Triad<\/h2>\n

The dominant triad is a major triad, however, it’s called a dominant triad because it is built on the fifth degree of the scale (aka – “the dominant”). Although it’s a major chord structurally, it is functionally<\/em> a dominant triad because it’s rooted on the fifth degree of the scale.<\/p>\n

The G major triad:
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\n…in the key of C:
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\n…is a dominant triad.<\/p>\n

Take note that the dominant triad consists of the fifth, seventh, and the second tones of the major scale. In the case of the G major triad:<\/p>\n

…which is the dominant triad in the key of C, its tones – G, B, and D:
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\n…are the fifth:
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\n…seventh:
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\n…and second:
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\n…tones of the C major scale:
\n<\/p>\n

“Let’s take a closer look at these tones…”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Fifth Tone<\/h4>\n

The fifth tone of the scale is technically known as the dominant. Its attraction towards the tonic has been proven scientifically, acoustically, and musically.<\/p>\n

Remember that we established earlier that it is the relationship between the dominant and the tonic that reinforces tonality.<\/p>\n

The Seventh Tone<\/h4>\n

The leading note is the next. The leading note has a high affinity for the tonic.<\/p>\n

When you are playing the C major scale:
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\n…in ascending fashion, and you stop on the seventh tone (B):
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\n…you’ll notice a sort of unrest or a tendency to move on to the eighth tone (C):
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\n…and that is why the major scale is played with the eighth note, because the leading note has a strong tendency to resolve to the tonic – which is a half step above it, whether in the major or in the minor key.<\/p>\n

The Second Tone<\/h4>\n

The last tone of the dominant triad is second tone of the major scale. While playing the C major scale:
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\n…in a descending fashion, the second tone (D):
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\n…has the tendency to resolve to the first tone of the scale (C):
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\n…the same way the leading tone resolves to the eighth degree (aka – “the octave”).<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, nothing can be more satisfying like resolving the second tone of the scale downward to the first tone of the scale.<\/p>\n

So, the G dominant triad contains the fifth, seventh, and second tones:
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\n…of the C major scale:
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\n…which resolve to the tonic triad:
\n<\/p>\n

Feel free to expand the dominant triad to a seventh, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth. Kindly check out this post on the dominant seventh chord<\/a> and how to expand the dominant seventh chord<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Final Words<\/h2>\n

This is the much we can cover today on the dominant triad, but before we call it a day<\/em>, let’s take a look at the function of the dominant chord.<\/p>\n

The dominant chord functions as the strongest [and mostly preferred] harmonic force that pulls you to the tonic. But beyond that, it can be used in tonicization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tonicization is the contradiction of a key (aka – “tonality<\/a>“) and the establishment of a new key temporarily.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it works…<\/p>\n

While in the key of C Major:
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\n…we can contradict the key of C major and establish the key of E minor:
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\n…temporarily.<\/p>\n

To achieve this, we’ll need to prepare the ground<\/em> for the tonic triad<\/a> in the key of E minor. Preparing the ground here means playing a chord that will contradict the key of C major:
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\n…and establish the key of E minor:
\n<\/p>\n

Taking advantage of the dominant-tonic<\/em> relationship that reinforces tonality, we can go ahead to prepare the grounds for the E minor triad:
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\n…the tonic triad in the key of E minor:
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\n…with its dominant.<\/p>\n

Considering that the dominant (aka – “the fifth tone”) of the E [harmonic<\/a>] minor scale:
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\n…is B, we can use the B major triad:
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\n…to tonicize E minor.<\/p>\n

The B major triad:
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\n…contains D# and F#:
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\n…which are foreign to the key of C major:
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\n…and that’s the idea – playing something that contradicts the key of C major and establishes the key of E minor. We’ll talk more on tonicization in subsequent posts.<\/p>\n

The concept of secondary dominant chords is another powerful application of dominant chords in harmony that features the use of dominant chords as passing chords to scale degree chords<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suggested reading: Introduction To Secondary Dominant Chords<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I appreciate you for the time invested in reading this post. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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