You might have heard about subsidiary chords and you were like “OMG”…. those must be heavenly chords…… i was once in those shoes before……without taking much of your time and bore you with long talks i will like to analyse subsidiary chords and prove to you that it is nothing difficult or special ……

In this post, we are looking at chords that are related to the harmonic function of any given triad (aka – “subsidiary chords”).

But before we do that, let’s breakdown the term harmonic function.

“Harmonic Function? What Does That Mean?”

Chord 1 in the key of C

In the major scale of C:

…the first scale tone is C.
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