Anyway, the point is, that to make a sad song properly sad, you need a properly sad chord progression, so we’ve sought out one or two of the saddest chords known to mankind. These – when combined with ...

A classic example of a sus4 chord, resolving to a major chord, placed in a rhythmic cycle, would be the opening two chords to the classic track Pinball Wizard by The Who. The acoustic, rhythm guitar ...

To many people, minor chord progressions in music “sound sad” while songs in a major key “sound happy”. But for researchers who study how people respond to music, it has always been ...

"Eleanor Rigby" isn't sad because it's constructed of sad chords built from sad intervals—any more than Albert Einstein was a genius because his brain was wired with uniquely smart neurons.

Thus, in Western music, pairing sad words or phrases with minor chords, and happy words or phrases with major chords, is an effective way to manipulate an audience’s feelings.

Happy Chords and Sad Chords. A team of researchers at Durham University in the UK has been attempting to answer that question by conducting cross-cultural studies involving listeners from ...

It's just a particularly sad chord. To be able to construct a complete song around such chords is like having a license to make your own anti-depressant medication. ...