Piano Week 27: Secondary dominants

Weekly Focus

Week 27 begins Q3 with secondary dominants. The goal is stronger harmonic pull into targets while keeping form and groove stable.

Success this week means you can place V/ii, V/V, and V/vi intentionally and resolve them cleanly in context.

Repertoire & Chord Map

Primary song is My Romance, with Fly Me to the Moon as transfer. Keep one applied dominant per cadence area until timing is stable.

Core applied-dominant loop:

V/ii | iim7 | V/V | V7 V/vi | vim7 | iim7 | V7

Daily map task: label target chord before each applied dominant and hear the resolution before playing.

Supplementary Listening & Ear Training (Required)

This selection is deliberate for “Secondary dominants” and should feed immediately into your comping/improv decisions.

Weekly listening pick:

• Moment’s Notice — John Coltrane

Why this track now: It highlights dense changes with strategic guide-tone targeting, which matches Week 27’s goals.

Ear tasks (10–15 min, at least 3 sessions this week):

1. Listen once without the instrument and name the key center by ear (major/minor/modal). Then verify the key at piano.
2. Find one cadence or arrival point, then play: root + shell ii-V-I (or closest functional equivalent) in that key.
3. Lift a short 4–8 bar fragment by ear, play it slowly, and record ~30s so you can compare your hearing vs. the recording.

Extra challenge (optional): transpose your lifted fragment to the weekly priority ladder when possible (F → Eb → G → Bb → C).

End-of-Week Reflection

Which applied-dominant moves now sound inevitable, and which still feel forced? Carry one reliable target path and one weak resolution into Week 28.