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- An applied chord is usually not one that appears in the key of the piece.
(It needs an accidental)
- An applied chord is analyzed as a chord ‘of’ a different key
- An applied chord represents a very temporary modulation to another key
(often for just one chord, and is not analyzed as a true modulation to another key
because it does not remain in that key for a significant amount of time)
- The secondary dominant chords is the most common type of applied chord
- A secondary dominant is a V chord ‘of’ another key
- A secondary dominant is label as V / (Roman Number within the original
key that the V is based on)
- Example in the key of F major…. A G Major chord could be labeled V
/ V (meaning V ‘of’ C)
- The following chord of an applied chord is the same as the chord that
follow the slash
https://youtu.be/glX6NJuBBYs
Objective 27.1: Define the terms "applied chord" and secondary dominant