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Don’t Know Why

I needed a song with lots of secondary dominants in it for aural skills class, and I realized that Norah Jones’ adult-contemporary smash “Don’t Know Why” has a bunch of them. The song came out in 2002, though it could have been recorded at any time in the 50 years previous.

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Posted byEthanNovember 19, 2024January 7, 2025Posted inUncategorizedTags: aural skills, circle of fifths, jazz, Jesse Harris, music theory, Norah Jones, popular music pedagogy, secondary dominants3 Comments on Don’t Know Why
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