minor key association with mood

minor key association with mood

Hamminger Leo
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How come there is a connection with minor keys and sadness and melancholy?

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Re: minor key association with mood

Rastrygina Alla
Why do you believe that minor keys are often associated with sadness or melancholy?
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Re: minor key association with mood

Hamminger Leo
I think in history of music composers use minor keys to convey emotions.
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Re: minor key association with mood

Rastrygina Alla
And why are composers doing that? Is emotion an inherent aspect of minor keys, or has it developed over centuries of classical music composition?