There seems to be this trend in lots of modern music, across genres, where the song will be coming around for a repeat of the chorus and then it ticks up in pitch for that section, then drops back down for the ending of the song.
What is the purpose of this? What is it called? Is it supposed to produce some kind of mood? My level of music understanding is “major = happy, minor = sad” and that’s about as far as I go. Please go on the music theory.
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Historically, the most popular way to listen to music was on the radio. With the way radio played continuous music, you would often tune in part way through the song. And with it being less than a few minutes long, it was fine to have it all the same tune throughout. Songs were recognizable because of their tune at any location within the song.
Since the invention of the digital CD player, and subsequent digital media, it’s much more common to play a song from start to finish in its entirety. So music had to evolve. Now the begining and end are the most recognizable parts, and the middle-ish often has a key change to maintain the listener’s attention.
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