At 01:03 PM 10/3/2011, you wrote: >Nice joke, Dana. I laughed.
:) Nigel. It actually happened. Sadly, t'wasn't a joke. (And even if the ad agency guy was kidding, it's pretty sad.) >Being a rock/jazz player, I've never understood the secondary >dominant II chord idea, at least in regard to improvisation. For >improvisational and harmonic purposes surely it is better explained >as chord IV of the tonic ascending melodic minor. Thereby both the >sharpened fourth and natural fifth are present. > > >For example, the second chord in 'Pennies From Heaven' or 'Sunshine >of My Life' are chord IV of the ascending melodic minor scale based >on the same tonic key. Also, Nigel: I don't understand. "Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) is in a major key, and the second chord of the song is some variety of V chord over I in the bass. How does that relate to the melodic minor scale of the tonic key? As for "Girl from Ipanema" are you referring to the B section of the song when referring to the melodic minor? Thanks! Dana _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
