In the Key of C minor what would a D major chord be?
The D major is part of a three chord progression. It's preceded by C minor and followed by G major (2nd inversion).
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Sign up to join this communityI’m curious as to the timing, is it 2 bars of Cm, one each of D and G/D back to Cm? Even if it’s not that exactly, if it goes back to Cm then the D chord is a secondary dominant of the G chord, or a V/V.
In the Key of C minor what would a D major chord be?
It would be D
major
It's preceded by C minor and followed by G major
G
major is the dominant of C
minor and D
major is the dominant of G
major, or the dominant of the dominant which called either a secondary dominant or applied dominant.
I don't mean to sarcastic in my answer. I'm just trying to emphasize the point that chord functions are really the result of progressions. An isolated chord doesn't really have a function.
In this particular case D
major in C
minor is likely to be a secondary dominant, but that's because secondary dominants are the most common type of chromatic chord. So, you could say it's very likely to be the secondary dominant to G
major. But, you would always want to see how the harmony progresses to really know.
If we're in C minor, it's a secondary dominant. V of V. The G being 2nd inversion suggests that it (the G) MIGHT be about to act as a 'cadential 6/4' in G, but it could go other places just as well.
I suspect this question is only being asked because of an erroneous idea that a Cm base means all chords should be diatonic to C minor. You can ALWAYS throw in the dominant or dominant 7th of the next 'main' chord you're heading towards. And the dominant chord of C minor is G (that's G MAJOR) when you're playing the Functional Harmony game.
C
minor. Nothing in the question makes me doubt the scenario. Some question do present confusion in the description... but not this very straight forward question.