Music Theory Level 2: Part Twelve

Welcome to Music Theory Level 2: Part Twelve

Sequences and Secondary Dominants

In this course you will explore melodic, harmonic, diatonic and chromatic sequences, secondary dominants, leading tones and embellished and irregular resolutions. Along the way, you will analyse Bach and Beethoven’s music. This course forms part of the complete Music Theory Fundamentals Guide.

This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to take their music career (or music interest) and turn it into a business. Whether you are an active musician, an aspiring musician, or an aspiring music manager or agent - this class is perfect for you.

For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. My approach to music theory is to minimize the memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own. If you've tried to learn music theory before, or if you are just starting out - this series of courses is the perfect fit.

In Part 12: Sequences and Secondary Dominants we will cover:

• Analyzing Bach
• Identifying Sequences
• Melodic Sequences
• Harmonic Sequences
• Diatonic and Chromatic Sequences
• The Descending Fifth Sequence
• Alternating Inversions in Sequences
• Ascending Fifth Sequences
• Descending Third Sequences
• Secondary Dominants
• Chromatic Chords
• Tonicization and Modulation
• Secondary Leading Tone Chords
• Leading Tones To Five
• Tonicizing Other Scale Degrees
• Leading Tone of Anything
• Analyzing Beethoven
• Resolving Secondary Dominants
• Embellished Resolutions
• Irregular Resolutions

You will not have another opportunity to learn Music Theory in a more comprehensive way than this. All the tools you need to successfully learn Music Theory are included in this course and the entire course is based on real-life experiences - not just academic theory.

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• Resolving Secondary Dominant and LT Chords
• Once you start working on these kinds of chords, we need to think about how they resolve. Or don't resolve.
• Tonicizing Other Scale Degrees
• Another version of secondary dominants is the secondary leading tone.
• Secondary Leading Tone Chords
• Another version of secondary dominants is the secondary leading tone.
• Secondary Dominants
• Shifting Gears! Let's talk about secondary dominants and tonicizations.
• Beethoven, Sonata No. 15, Op. 28
• Let's look at a looooong piece, and so a little analysis on it.
• Other Common Sequence Types
• There are a few other common sequences that we find all over music. Let's take a look at a few of them.
• Welcome & Overview
• Welcome to the class! A few things to get out of the way before we dive in.
• Harmonic Sequences: Descending Fifth
• The most common sequence type we find is the descending fifth sequence. Some have called it the most powerful chord progression in music.
• Sequences
• Let's get started with a broad picture of what sequences are.
• Wrap Up!
• That's it for the Second Semester of College Music Theory!