Re[2]: Levine and dominant resolutions
Dick Bay ( DBay@AICI.COM )
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 08:10:47 -0500
>I've heard that the dominants subbing for each other is sometimes based
>on the related diminished chords. In C we have G7 resolving to C, which
>is related to Bdim7 resolving to C (Bdim7 is G7b9 without the root.)
>Bdim7 has the same notes as Ddim7, Fdim7, and Abdim7. The dominant chords
>related to these are Bb7, Db7, and E7. Bb7 is, of course, the "backdoor
>dominant," and Db7 is the tritone sub of G7. The E7 is for some reason
>a little more exotic than the other three, as it wasn't used all that
>much before the sixties but it is there and it works if your ears can
>dig it.
Of course E7 is the dominant of C's relative minor, as well as being the
tritone substitution of the backdoor dominant.
--Dick Bay * DBay@aici.com