Music Glossary: dominant

Major‑key pop sequence emphasizing mediant lift before pre‑dominant and dominant. Uses the mediant (iii) chord between tonic and subdominant; a bri... more

Classic functional cadence moving tonic→subdominant→dominant→tonic; foundation of blues, rock, and folk. more

Mix ♭9, ♯9, ♭5/♯5, ♯11 colors; pivot between altered, diminished, whole-tone. more

I 6–4 over V as a dominant expansion resolving to V then I. more

Major triad + minor seventh; contains tritone driving resolution to tonic. more

Mixolydian with ♯4; mode 4 of melodic minor; strong over 7♯11 chords. more

Major mode with ♭7; primary choice over dominant (V or I7) grooves. more

Mode 5 of harmonic minor (1–♭2–3–4–5–♭6–♭7); strong exotic dominant color. more

Replacing V with ♭II7 (same tritone) for smooth chromatic bass and altered color. more