20 Deceptive Resolutions of Secondary Dominants

Secondary dominants occasionally imitate the V⁽⁷⁾ – vi deceptive resolution (see the chapter on the deceptive resolution).

A. Review of the Diatonic Deceptive Resolution

The chromatic secondary dominant deceptive resolutions are modeled on the diatonic deceptive resolution.

B. Deceptive Resolutions of Secondary Dominants Based on V⁷ – vi

The secondary dominants resolve to the chord a step above with a doubled 3^rd.

Major		Minor
V7/V – iii	V7/IV – ii	V7/V – III
V7/vi – IV	V7/iii – I

In minor, V⁷/V – III is possible:

C. Deceptive Resolutions of Secondary Dominants Based on V⁷ – IV⁶

Also possible is a deceptive resolution based on V⁷ – IV⁶  in the secondary key.