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It seems to me that the fully diminished leading-tone seventh is not in the parallel minor (the natural minor, that is).72.75.110.42 (talk)12:32, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not in the natural minor, but in the harmonic form of the minor scale. The same way that the dominant chord in a minor key is going to be major, according to the rules of Western classical music, because the seventh is raised in the harmonic minor scale.Rigaudon (talk)16:41, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs some sources. There's no entry for borrowed chord in Grove. Does anyone have any ideas?Rigaudon (talk)17:11, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why, where, how, and what needs additional citations in this article?Hyacinth (talk)22:01, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tag removed.Hyacinth (talk)04:18, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Borrowed chords are also known as secondary dominants. (i.e. Piston: "Harmony" pg. 247) --Mjl1966 (talk)02:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have Piston to hand, but in fact borrowed chords and secondary dominants are completely unrelated.—Precedingunsigned comment added by166.186.169.170 (talk)21:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some theorists have refereed to secondary dominants as a type of borrowed chord. This use is unfortunate when we consider the use of both of these: secondary dominants are chords which precede basic chords in a key, whereas borrowed chords substitute for basic chords. The sad fact is that in all the decades up to our own, music theorists don't seem to be able to agree on a lot of terminology.Dr-t (talk)04:29, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One audio example, of a borrowed chord in the backdoor progression, added.Hyacinth (talk)22:01, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The present article:

• succinctly describeswhat happens, naming the main kinds of chords borrowed from related modes, and also
• gives a simple reasonwhy we use borrowed chords (to add variety and colour).

This is a good start.

However, it only touches in passing on:

• theharmonic functions of the chords used (perhaps a deeper reasonwhy);

and the example added most recently (byUser:Hyacinth) suggests:

• howtone leading interacts with the choice of borrowed chord.

Has anybody any useful references about these last two points?yoyo (talk)17:21, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What example are you talking about? You could probably get a good reference throughILL.Hyacinth (talk)07:54, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In the explanation of ivb7, IVb7, and Vb9, following part is hard to me to understand, since it seems like incomplete sentences.

"Natural, harmonic, and descending melodic minor. Occurs in Phrygian, Aeolian, and Locrian.The Subdominant flat seventh, which contains an A♮, is borrowed from the parallel ascending melodic minor scale. Occurs in Dorian.Harmonic minor ninth chord."

Especially, the last sentence(?) is consist of just a noun phrase 'Harmonic minor ninth chord', what does these mean? A ninth chord in the harmonic minor scale?

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