Why do minor chords sound “sad” and major chords sound “happy”?

Question

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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Answer 1

Here’s an interesting piece on it. (Plus some minor chord songs that are happy and some major chord songs that are sad/somber)