Talk:Bernie's Tune

Analysis

Bb dominant 7th does not function as the dominant of a F minor. It is the IV. not V. But anyway Bb7 is the Tritonussubstitution from E7 which leads to A7 the Dominant of the I (D Minor). And is there ( maybe in English) really such thing as a Dominant 5th? "The song is typically played in D minor, and has a 32 bar AABA structure. Harmonically, it starts on the root minor chord, then travels to form a dominant on the minor 6th of the D (Bb dominant 7th functions as the dominant of F minor 7th which is the minor 3 chord) . This is what gives the A section of this piece a slightly blues-orientated tonality, as the dominant 7th of the Bb dominant is an Ab, the b5 of the root minor chord, being the definitive note of a blues scale. It then moves down a semitone to the dominant 5th of the root minor, preparing to go back to the root minor. This repeats for the second A section, although instead of the minor 2-5 back into D minor, there is a major 2-5-1 into Bb Major (leading to the B section.) The B section of the piece is a standard 1-6-2-5 in Bb repeating 3 times, then leading to a Bb dominant, and a minor 2-5 back into the root minor. The A section then repeats once to lead back to the start. 2001:1711:FA5D:6AC0:C1DB:B09B:FE83:7EAE (talk) 20:38, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

..."as the dominant 7th of the Bb dominant is an Ab, I think it should read: The minor 7th of a Bb dominant 7th is Ab. Wisentzh (talk) 20:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)