So I don’t know a ton about music theory, but I’m curious about how this works. Why do our brains like to hear chords that are in tune? And how do we explain why something is tuned properly?
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Most songs have a tonal center, or in music theory terms are in a certain key signature (G major for instance). Based on this tonal center, certain chords “fit in” and certain chords do not. The order in which we hear chords matters too. Some chords provide context for the next chord to come, and composers and songwriters manipulate this to create their music and make it sound interesting or evoke certain feelings.
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