yoshi
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Post by yoshi on Mar 8, 2019 4:02:58 GMT
for me if you listen to a lot of classic country music, most of the songs are in major keys, however the tempo, lyrics, and instrumentation arrangements of the songs give off a sad vibe. Which I find unique.
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Post by Lone Wanderer on Mar 8, 2019 4:13:00 GMT
The same reason why we like both comedy and drama.
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Post by wasim on Mar 8, 2019 5:08:43 GMT
I find it hard to believe that the association between minor key music and sadness is random.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Mar 8, 2019 7:41:53 GMT
I don't know but you're right about country music and (it should be added) bluegrass too. The people of the Appalachian mountains seem to make absolutely beautiful but mournful music of this style.
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Post by Eugene 2.0 on Mar 8, 2019 11:42:16 GMT
There is good example of sad country theme (and probably the best one as for me):
I wouldn't say that tempo is a necessary source for feeling blue. However, there are some.
My favourite one is Mike Stevens "Watermelon Pie". But it's in A minor. Bluegrass has lots of passages on bandjo, guitars and harmonica (in this example).
It's possible to find various minor melodies of which bands had made covers compositions, like this one:
OST to Jarmush's "Dead Man" is sadly too, but it's not instrumentalic.
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Post by Eugene 2.0 on Mar 8, 2019 11:43:40 GMT
I don't know but you're right about country music and (it should be added) bluegrass too. The people of the Appalachian mountains seem to make absolutely beautiful but mournful music of this style. And I guess, cajun should be added also. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 22:21:33 GMT
Don't know about country music, as I am not listening to it, but in my case I listen to sad music when it fits my mood. And if the lyrics are fitting also, and if it describes either you, or how you feel, what you think, then even better. This for example: {Translation}https://lyricstranslate.com/en/nieznajomy-stranger.html
Hello stranger, I have a question for you.
Is it too late to go back, to the roads which time has buried long ago.
Beyond the window a silence, the quietest I’ve ever known.
Like before a roof tearing storm.
Hello stranger, I don’t even know your name.
I look at you thinking: is that me after a few years?
Beyond the window the grey seeps into the black
Still you say nothing to me.
On this wasteland lives death
Is this just part of my dream?
Tell me
The walls collapse, the windows shatter at once
I’m falling down through the errors of all my years
I see completely disappointed faces clearly
And in their eyes pain and hate of dormant events
I’ve lied more than I’d ever like to admit,
And in my veins blood flowed colder than steel.
That's why today I'm all alone
My stranger, do you see what I see?
How is it possible, that anyone believed me?
Seemingly honest, but never like today.
The same place, the same weary fear.
Among a crowd of people I rebound from the depths.
Farewell stranger, I no longer want your advice Translation in the spoiler if someone's interested. The thing with music, whether sad or not, I just listen to what I want. What is fitting at the moment. Sometimes it is something sad, sometimes it is something more enthusiastic. Depends. |
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