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AP® Music Theory · Unit 7 · Topic 7.2

Part Writing Secondary Dominants

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  1. How it worksHow does a temporary leading tone rise while the chordal seventh falls in the same chord?
  2. Worked exampleWalk me through resolving the V of V chord to V in B flat major in four parts.
  3. Common mistakeWhy isn't the raised note of a secondary dominant ever doubled?

Check yourself

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The temporary leading tone inside a secondary dominant resolves up by one half step into the target chord's root. If that temporary leading tone sits 8 half steps above middle C, how many half steps above middle C is the note it resolves to?

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