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Do You Generally Prefer Music in the Major Key or the Minor Key?
Major Key 8%  8%  [ 7 ]
Major Key 8%  8%  [ 7 ]
Minor Key 36%  36%  [ 30 ]
Minor Key 36%  36%  [ 30 ]
Don't Know 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
Don't Know 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
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15 Jan 2013, 7:04 pm

Or favourite minor keys? Mine are D and E and they profoundly resonated with me from the age of 8 when I didn't even know what they were. They really touch base with me emotionally, especially in music written by Mozart and Chopin. Have you had any similar experience?



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17 Jan 2013, 9:37 pm

cornince wrote:
Do you generally prefer songs written in major key or minor key? Why?

I for one prefer the minor key. I like the sound of it better. I prefer the sound of the primary chords of the minor key to those of the major. I like the meaner sound that minor key seems to have.

Plus, always being downbeat is a misconception of the minor key. There are many minor key songs that are upbeat. Take a look at the soundtrack of _Disney's Aladdin_, for example. All of its songs except for "A Whole New World" and "One Jump Ahead Repriese" are written in minor key. If I recall,

"Arabian Nights"--A minor
"One Jump Ahead"--E minor
"One Jump Ahead Reprise"--Bb major
"Friend Like Me"--D minor
"Prince Ali"--A minor, then B minor, then C minor
"A Whole New World"--Eb major
"Prince Ali Reprise"--A minor, then D minor

What do y'all think?


Bach's Toccata and Fugue is in the minor key and that's the most cheerful music ever.



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17 Jan 2013, 10:23 pm

Minor Key, Major Keys sound so bland.


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18 Jan 2013, 10:46 pm

I usually prefer playing music in minor because it is accurate at reflecting my overall emotional state.


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18 Jan 2013, 10:48 pm

I usually prefer playing music in minor because it is accurate at reflecting my overall emotional state.


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20 Jan 2013, 5:03 am

yes, minor keys resonate with me emotionally too, although I am unsure what or which emotions they resonate with - this may sound silly but I really don't know. It goes to a level of me deeper than thought, it's an instinctive set of responses. I've been in a very long relationship with a jazz musician and he hates minor keys, if he is in the audience at a concert and the minors dominate he gets annoyed and wants to leave. He's very aspie too though he doesn't seem to realise that (or that I am). Do aspies tend to have a favourite instrument? Any polls on that?



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20 Jan 2013, 6:56 am

anyone wanna analyze [via musical theory] this number?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT9rqL0dSlU[/youtube]
it sounds like it's mostly in a major key but it is sad-sounding, nonetheless.



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26 Jan 2013, 10:43 pm

I prefer the minor key...major key is just too happy-sounding for me.



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27 Jan 2013, 4:36 am

Just about everything I feed Pandora to generate or refine a station, it tells me has 'minor key tonality'. So, I guess I prefer minor keys.


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27 Jan 2013, 5:32 am

each type has its own place in life. one needs to experience a mixture of both to be well-rounded.



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30 Jan 2013, 3:30 pm

Most of the music I listen to is pretty melancholic. The latest year's Ive been listening embarrassingly much and almost exclusively to Steven Wilson(Porcupine Tree,No Man and just Steven Wilson) He uses major in a way very pleasing to me. I usually get bored with bands. It feels like I cant keep up with other band geeks anymore :( In this case the songs just sound better every time I listen to them. Before that I was mostly into Minor.
I guess i prefer Mixolydian major to Ionian though.



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30 Jan 2013, 8:30 pm

i like the Lydian mode which is a sort of combination of both major and minor modes.also the Phrigian mode i like a lot to


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