Originally Posted by: hbkolbHey Grambo, what is a the dominant all about in a scale, isnt a progression

M m m M M dom m

EX:
CMaj - Dmin - Emin- FMaj - GMaj - Adom - Bmin

I may be wrong on that but if you could still expliain the whole dominant thing that would be great. :confused:

Sounds like you're talking about diatonic harmony... If you play chords rooted on each scale note, you get the following:

Cmaj - Dmin - Emin - Fmaj - Gmaj - Amin - Bdiminished - Cmaj

The seventh scale degree (The diminished chord above) is the leading tone, and therefore is also known as dominant...