Originally posted by buckkyIt seems that only Europeans and Americans consider music in the minor key to be sad or menacing. Many of the other cultures use the minor key for folk dances and "happy" songs. I do love it in any form. Right now two of my intermediate piano students are working on a duet of Knight Rupert. There is much drama and action in the first movement. I still can't picture it as depicting our Santa Claus, however. (composer: Robert Schumann).
I love that too. Haunting.
Originally posted by ale1552>Absolutely. A minor key does not necessarily mean sad. It can be very joyful.
It seems that only Europeans and Americans consider music in the minor key to be sad or menacing. Many of the other cultures use the minor key for folk dances and "happy" songs. I do love it in any form. Right now two of my intermediate piano students are working on a duet of Knight Rupert. There is much drama and action in the first movement. I still can't picture it as depicting our Santa Claus, however. (composer: Robert Schumann).
>BTW, some of the music referred to is not really in a minor key, but rather in a mode such as Dorian, Phrygian, or Lydian, each of which is close to a minor key but they aren't minor keys.
Originally posted by AttilaTheHornI am right now doing a defrag on my studio PC, heavily fragged, so in the meantime started practicing on the keyboard, got into doing variations of 'Greensleeves' a very nice very old minor key tune, no sadness about that tune for sure! I did variations on that theme till my back started hurting and had to take a break! That was just this morning, had to come up to the comp and play a few moves here to straighten out my back, but that was fun! The dam HD is STILL not finished defragging though🙂
>Absolutely. A minor key does not necessarily mean sad. It can be very joyful.
>BTW, some of the music referred to is not really in a minor key, but rather in a mode such as Dorian, Phrygian, or Lydian, each of which is close to a minor key but they aren't minor keys.
Originally posted by buckky"A Minor Place", Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Something about a minor key that flips my switch. My favorite minor key tune is "While my guitar slowly weeps". "Unchain my heart'. "Scarbough Fair ". All along the watchtower" It goes on into infinity. Minor key's make the world go round !
Originally posted by buckkyMajor can be more dramatic, lyric or undiscribably sad sometimes ! In classical music but in pop/rock music as well.
Something about a minor key that flips my switch. My favorite minor key tune is "While my guitar slowly weeps". "Unchain my heart'. "Scarbough Fair ". All along the watchtower" It goes on into infinity. Minor key's make the world go round !