This doesn’t make any sense to me, these are just sounds, they don’t sound neither happy nor sad to me (when I try playing them on piano). But I’m new to music so I don’t know… Is there an explanation that actually makes sense?
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It’s not that a single key has emotion to it. It’s how you combine them.
Sad songs are typically slower paced and lack “energy” aka minor. This can mimic the somberness of sadness.
Wheras happy songs are more swift in rythym and focus on major keys that mimic high energy and positivity.
It’s the same reason happy chars are often portrayed as full of energy and in your face positivity while sad chars are sluggish and mopey and depressed with little to no energy and focused on negativity.
You can have a song in minor that promotes happiness, it depends on the pace and rythym and progression.
If the pace is slow and progression is high to low, it will sound somber and sad.
Wheras if the pace is fast with a focus on low to high progression, it can emphasize a positive feeling.
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