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

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Why do minor chords (in Western music) sound “sad” while major chords sound “happy”? Is it a purely learned interpretation, or is there something intrinsic to those intervals that makes them sound sad / happy?

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Interesting phrasing. My music teacher described minor chords as sounding “wrong”. Happy and sad seem to describe them much better.

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