Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 1 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 8, 2025 at All About Jazz.

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The following examples and study piece show how the harmonic minor scale can be employed over a bluesy Am-E7 -Am progression. The study piece itself features an additional Bm7b5 chord for some ...

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Preamble Since writing my article on Music and Evolution, I have received many emails asking the same question: "How does harmony and the movement of chords function in conjunction with the harmonic ...

Without exception, a semitone increase in pitch leads to a minor chord and a semitone decrease leads to a major chord. Questions concerning harmonic affect can then be rephrased as: Why does a ...

Mired in minor darkness, Lennon engages a harmonic sleight of hand reminiscent of Beethoven or Schubert, shifting abruptly to a major-chord refuge (on the sixth scale degree).

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