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Saturday, September 13, 2025

Tables of Secondary Dominant Chords

This blog post is a resource to help you in fulfilling the SpinTunes 25 Round 2 challenge. Included in this post are tables of secondary dominant chords and the chords they resolve to, in 12 major keys and 12 minor keys. 

To use them, find the key of the song you are writing to see which secondary dominant chords and resolutions are available in that key. You are not required to use every progression listed in any given key, and you may of course also use progressions in your key that are not listed here. 

Key of C majorKey of A minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
C7→F majorA7→D minor
D major or D7→G majorB major or B7→E minor or E major
E major or E7→A minorC7→F major
A major or A7→D minorD major or D7→G major
B major or B7→E minorG7→C major
Key of G majorKey of E minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
G7→C majorE7→A minor
A major or A7→D majorF# major or F#7→B minor or B major
B major or B7→E minorG7→C major
E major or E7→A minorA major or A7→D major
F# major or F#7→B minorD7→G major
Key of D majorKey of B minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
D7→G majorB7→E minor
E major or E7→A majorC# major or C#7→F# minor of F# major
F# major or F#7→B minorD7→G major
B major or B7→E minorE major or E7→A major
C# major or C#7→F# minorA7→D major
Key of A majorKey of F# minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
A7→D majorF#7→B minor
B major or B7→E majorG# major or G#7→C# minor or C# major
C# major or C#7→F# minorA7→D major
F# major or F#7→B minorB major or B7→E major
G# major or G#7→C# minorE7→A major
Key of E majorKey of C# minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
E7→A majorC#7→F# minor
F# major or F#7→B majorD# major or D#7→G# minor or G# major
G# major or G#7→C# minorE7→A major
C# major or C#7→F# minorF# major or F#7→B major
D# major or D#7→G# minorB7→E major
Key of B majorKey of G# minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
B7→E majorG#7→C# minor
C# major or C#7→F# majorA# major or A#7→D# minor or D# major
D# major or D#7→G# minorB7→E major
G# major or G#7→C# minorC# major or C#7→F# major
A# major or A#7→D# minorF#7→B major
Key of Gb majorKey of Eb minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
Gb7→Cb majorEb7→Ab minor
Ab major or Ab7→Db majorF major or F7→Bb minor or Bb major
Bb major or Bb7→Eb minorGb7→Cb major
Eb major or Eb7→Ab minorAb major or Ab7→Db major
F major or F7→Bb minorDb7→Gb major
Key of Db majorKey of Bb minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
Db7→Gb majorBb7→Eb minor
Eb major or Eb7→Ab majorC major or C7→F minor or F major
F major or F7→Bb minorDb7→Gb major
Bb major or Bb7→Eb minorEb major or Eb7→Ab major
C major or C7→F minorAb7→Db major
Key of Ab majorKey of F minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
Ab7→Db majorF7→Bb minor
Bb major or Bb7→Eb majorG major or G7→C minor or C major
C major or C7→F minorAb7→Db major
F major or F7→Bb minorBb major or Bb7→Eb major
G major or G7→C minorEb7→Ab major
Key of Eb majorKey of C minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
Eb7→Ab majorC7→F minor
F major or F7→Bb majorD major or D7→G minor or G major
G major or G7→C minorEb7→Ab major
C major or C7→F minorF major or F7→Bb major
D major or D7→G minorBb7→Eb major
Key of Bb majorKey of G minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
Bb7→Eb majorG7→C minor
C major or C7→F majorA major or A7→D minor or D major
D major or D7→G minorBb7→Eb major
G major or G7→C minorC major or C7→F major
A major or A7→D minorF7→Bb major
Key of F majorKey of D minor
This Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This ChordThis Secondary Dominant......Resolves to This Chord
F7→Bb majorD7→G minor
G major or G7→C majorE major or E7→A minor or A major
A major or A7→D minorF7→Bb major
D major or D7→G minorG major or G7→C major
E major or E7→A minorC7→F major

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