How does music have different moods? What exactly makes a combination of notes sound “happy” or “sad”?
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Interestingly it isn’t any physical phenomenon. It’s cultural. Major has been in Western Music always associated with grand and happy. Minor is poignant or intense. It was solidified in the Romantic era.
Ever since, most of today’s western music has been based on the same musical scales.
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