Don't Stop Me Now

[verstft]

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Key of F major.

F - Am - Dm - Gm - C
F - F7 - Bb - Gm7 - D/F# - Gm7 - D/F# etc...

Hook theory is labelling the D major as V6/ii.
I don't get it.

F - F7 works because F7 is the V7 of Bb.
But what is D/f#? V6/ii. I've never seen this type of chord labelling.

Can anybody share any knowledge here?

j.

 

[two fingers]

D major chord with an F# on the bass. The bass is playing the third rather than the root. I'm not familiar with the song, but it should sound great.

 

[two fingers]

As for the V6 notes, it's kind of wonky. So the "V" is for the Roman numeral 5. The 5 in an D chord is an A so the V chord would be an A. And the 6th note in an A major scale is, in fact, an F#.

The terminology seems to go around its elbow to get to its thumb. But that's it in a nutshell if I am remembering correctly.

It's a ton of mumbo jumbo to get to "play an F# under this D major chord".

 

[verstft]

Thank you.
Any idea why D major instead of D minor in Key of F Major?

 

[Scottgun]

Thank you.
Any idea why D major instead of D minor in Key of F Major?

Secondary dominant? That is, a V/ii resolving to ii.

 

[Nashrakh]

Secondary dominant? That is, a V/ii resolving to ii.

A sec. Dominant would be a very common choice, I love those.

Btw, one little mnemonic device I learned in music theory of the 18th century is this: (1) a chord with a sharp alteration begets us a dominant chord with the sharpened note being the third of the chord, (2) a flattened note within a major chord will most likely turn out to be the b7 of a new dominant chord.

While this is just a rule of thumb and not necessarily always applicable, I am astounded how valid this still is for pop music.

And as twofingers said, it's an inversion. These can add a lot of color to the sound, but my experience with inversions is that people will still expect you to play the root because it sounds 'off' to them... Grumble...

 

[White Beard]

I would like to add that lime green and arctic white are not good type colors for people trying to read your posts.

 

[Febs]

The "6" in the "V6" is taken from figured bass notation, and indicates that the chord is in first inversion.

 

[LightForce104]

As for the V6 notes, it's kind of wonky. So the "V" is for the Roman numeral 5. The 5 in an D chord is an A so the V chord would be an A. And the 6th note in an A major scale is, in fact, an F#.

The terminology seems to go around its elbow to get to its thumb. But that's it in a nutshell if I am remembering correctly.

It's a ton of mumbo jumbo to get to "play an F# under this D major chord".

That's not how inversions work. The 6 denotes that, when in said inversion, there is an interval of a sixth from the bass note to the top note, in this case an F# to a D.

 

[verstft]

Ok that makes sense. So it's the V of ii. And the 6 just denotes the inversion (figured bass notation)