BigDaddyUker
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I have a question for the group about the minor chords and music theory and cognitive science. Songs in the minor chords evoke more emotion - they make us feel melancholy, sad, emotional.
Why is that?
How can the particular frequencies of some vibrations of particles moving through the air create predictable emotional reactions in the brain? I mean, if it's about a person remembering feelings they had in the past while listening to a song, that's understandable, but songs in the minor chords are different than that. I would argue that they create these feelings regardless of whether one has heard them before or not. Maybe it's a cultural thing. Maybe we've come to associate these songs with sadness and that's what does it.
You can control the reactions of lots of animals by applying certain stimuli. Wave a toy in front of a cat and it will become playful. Are we controlled instinctually in the same way? Play something in the key of Em and we get the blues?
I have a question for the group about the minor chords and music theory and cognitive science. Songs in the minor chords evoke more emotion - they make us feel melancholy, sad, emotional.
Why is that?
How can the particular frequencies of some vibrations of particles moving through the air create predictable emotional reactions in the brain? I mean, if it's about a person remembering feelings they had in the past while listening to a song, that's understandable, but songs in the minor chords are different than that. I would argue that they create these feelings regardless of whether one has heard them before or not. Maybe it's a cultural thing. Maybe we've come to associate these songs with sadness and that's what does it.
You can control the reactions of lots of animals by applying certain stimuli. Wave a toy in front of a cat and it will become playful. Are we controlled instinctually in the same way? Play something in the key of Em and we get the blues?
So Tootler mentioned its the 'last' chord that determines the key...F C G Am chord progression...is that Am then? I know nothing about any of this...
So Tootler mentioned its the 'last' chord that determines the key...F C G Am chord progression...is that Am then? I know nothing about any of this...
A song will always end on its tonic note. ('doh' if you like) If the song is in a minor key, the chord on that note will be a minor chord. .
so will a bottle of ginA song will always end on its tonic