Udemy.com – Rosa Suen – Learn Piano #5 – Play Piano with Drama: Secondary Dominants (TUTORIAL)

By | October 31, 2025

 

Author : Rosablanca Suen
Country : Hong Kong
Type of distributed material : Video lesson
Duration : 01:10:37
Year of release : 2016
Language : English
Translation : None
Link to the video course on the manufacturer’s website : Udemy.com
Link to the author’s website : Learn Piano With Rosa
Format : MP4
Video codec : H.264
Audio codec : AAC
Video : MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 30fps 1258kbps
Audio : AAC 44100Hz stereo 51kbps

  • 314 MB

Description : Learn Music Theory on Secondary Dominants. Learn piano techniques & piano tips to put in drama with piano walking bass!
Here is a review from one of my students: Barbara
“I have lost track of how many courses I have taken with Rosa but my playing has improved and I am so excited to keep learning more & more with her. Each course goes deeper into what we need to know and makes playing beautiful music easier. Rosa has the God given gift of being a very gentle teacher. It’s fun to learn with her and as you watch the videos it’s almost as if she is in the room with you. If it is your goal to enjoy playing the piano let Rosa help you reach that goal. Thanks Rosa, we appreciate you.”
Additional Comments from Inside the course:
Thanks Rosa!

You are given us so much information in this course and I see you are still adding more. I feel like I am in college and my Major is Music.

Learn Piano Level 5 – Intermediate Level – Learn Music Harmony and Reharmonize a basic song to more sophisticated music composition.
Do you know how to add drama to your playing with one trick?
Here’s the Secret: In a Key, we know there is only one dominant Chord. Did you know that you can put in more Dominant Chords into your arrangement? It is these extra dominant chords that create beautiful music that you hear in popular songs, standards and movie songs. They are called “Secondary Dominant Chords”. These chords create excitement in your song arrangement. They add interesting color, build tension, give surprises and drama to your piano playing. They provide a lot of motion in music that if you know how to put them in, your piano playing will not sound like a PRO! No more boring music and piano playing.

In this course, you are going to learn how to 25 Music Tips regarding Secondary Dominant Chords & 8 Piano Tips to play walking basses:
• Learn to turn all boring basic arrangement to a beautiful arrangement with colorful sounds.
• Learn how to creatively add excitement and drama to your playing.
• Find out how to harmonize a song using chords that ourside the home key
• Understand how to put in extra dominant chords itno your arrangement
• Understand advanced music regarding secondary dominant chords that are outside the home key
• Find an easier way to notate secondary dominant chords easily
• Understand complex music harmony in a FOCUSED way
• As a bonus, you also get to know some piano tips to add in drama and movement by learning walking basses
• Have fun rocking and swinging your basses
• Learn how to dynamically put in walking basses in contrary motion
• Get the Thumb trick to play like a drummer!

Content :
01. Introduction (2 lectures • 5 min.)
02. Harmony Rule 1: One Primary Dominant Chord in the Key (1 lecture • 3 min.)
03. Harmony Rule 2: Understanding Secondary Dominants (5 lectures • 8 min.)
04. Harmony Rule 3: Proper Roman Numeral Notations for Secondary Dominants (3 lectures • 8 min.)
05. Harmony Rule 4: Movement of Secondary Dominants (1 lecture • 2 min.)
06. Harmony Rule 5: Secondary Dominant Chords are written in Capital Roman Numerals (1 lecture • 4 min.)
07. Quick Reference Video: 5 Secondary Dominants for Key of C (2 lectures • 2 min.)
08. 2 Circles for Reharmonization – Diatonic Chords & Secondary Dominant Chords (1 lecture • 2 min.)
09. Song Application Step 1: Add in the Secondary Dominant Chord II7 (7 lectures • 14 min.)
10. Piano Demo: D7 G7 C (4 lectures • 2 min.)
11. Song Application Step 2: Add in A7 Seondary Dominant Chord (6 lessons • 8 min.)
12. Piano Demo: A7 Dm7 G7 C (3 lectures • 1 min.)
13. Song Application Step 3: Add in C7 Secondary Dominant (7 lessons • 6 min.)
14. Piano Demo: C7 F -17IV (3 lectures • 1 min.)
15. Biggie: Combining ALL 5 LEVELS (3 lectures • 4 min.)
16. Fun Piano Techniques – Walking Bass (6 lessons • 4 min.)
17. Walking Basses Variation (3 lectures • 2 min.)
18. Summary & Conclusion of the Course (2 lectures • 2 min.)
19. Bonus Section – Resources for Students (1 lecture • 5 min.)


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