The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72739   Message #3554335
Posted By: Artful Codger
30-Aug-13 - 06:08 AM
Thread Name: Diminished chord notation question
Subject: RE: Diminished chord notation question
M.Ted: No, the natural dominant in minor mode is minor; the major dominant is a substitution, occurring historically later--a frequent one nowadays, but an alternative nonetheless which has only partially supplanted the original minor dominant. It's not unusual to find pieces using both, in the same way one finds both minor II and major II (VofV) chords in major mode.