On Jun 30, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
>>> On Jun 29, 2005, at 9:14 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Subdominant (used to mean the 4th of the scale, or the chord built
>>>> on it. Now means ANY chord that can lead to a dominant
>>>
>>> Really? I only know the term as referring to the chord built on
the
>>> 4th of the scale.
>>>
>>> So you're telling me that a IIm7 chord would be described as
>>> "subdominant"? To me that sounds very wrong.
>>>
>>> mdl
Thinking about this, I believe I was taught that a iim7 chord
resolving to dominant was called a "secondary dominant".
My theory teacher was from the Rochester school.
No, an example of a secondary dominant would be a II7 chord (dominant
quality, or V7/V) resolving to a V. These (the II7 and their ilk) are
also called "applied dominants", but only when they resolve properly
(in classical analysis, that is.)
Christopher
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