Altered Dominants
The following pieces on this website contain examples of altered dominants (V+7 or Vb5).
Pieces that are not in the Public Domain are marked as NON-PD and may not have a score.
| PERIOD/PAGE | COMPOSER | COMPOSER CATEGORY | COMPOSITION | ANALYTIC TOPICS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Ellington, Duke, and Bigard, Albany, and Mills, IrvingAlbany | American, male, black | “Mood Indigo” (1930) – NON-PD | Tritone sub, altered dominants |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Young, Victor and Heyman, Edward | American | “When I Fall In Love” (1952) – NON-PD | Altered dominants, Aug 6, Tritone sub, secondary dominants |
| Romantic | Wolf, Hugo | Austrian, Male | “Das Verlassene Magdlein” from Morike Lieder | Ternary, augmented triads, Aug 6, chromatic mediants |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Kern, Joseph and Oscar Hammerstein II | American | “All the Things You Are” from the musical Very Warm for May (1939) – NON-PD | Circle of 5ths progression, altered dominant, ii-V-I progression, descending passing diminished 7th |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Kern, Jerome | American | “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” from the musical Roberta (1933) – NON-PD | 32-bar song form, Altered dominants, ii-V-I progression |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Porter, Cole | American | “Anything Goes” from the musical Anything Goes (1934) – NON-PD | 32-bar song form, altered dominant |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Noble, Ray | British, jazz | “Cherokee (Indian Love Song)” (1938) – NON-PD | Altered dominants (V+), Major-Minor movement of the same chord, sequence of ii-V-I progressions. |
| Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Harline, Leigh and Washington, Ned | American | “When You Wish Upon a Star” from the Disney movie Pinocchio (1939) – NON-PD | 32-bar song form, Mixture, altered dominants, passing diminished 7th |