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Spicing Up Your DOMINANT CHORDS | How To Make Your V CHORDS More Interesting

Sep 08, 2022

Spicing Up Your DOMINANT CHORDS | How To Make Your V CHORDS More Interesting

Dominant chords are arguably the most common chord of all- yes, even over the tonic. 

So, if there's any chord that might need some spicing up once in a while, it's likely our V chord. 

It's super effective on its own to create a lot of tension from its desire to resolve to the I chord. But, we can do some things to either add even more tension and more desire to resolve to the Tonic or help give our V chord some different function besides being the first part of the Perfect Cadence. 

So, in this video, we're going to talk about some different ways to spice up your Dominant chords. 

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