Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
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Sort of related, but I am fascinated how minor chords in certain song contexts lose their ‘minor-ishness’, whereas in others they sound minor. It must have something to do with the brain interpretation - analogy: seeing the sentence and not the word.
Andrew
I think it has to do with the chords that surround it, and it's relation to both the key of the song and the melody.

For example, many jazz songs use the ii V7 I progression (Dm7 G7 C in C) and the minor chord does not sound like so many people expect a minor chord to sound.

But I've never been one to think major chords sound happy and minor ones sound sad.

And I don't expect the audience to be able to tell if a chord is minor or whatever or identify it. They just need to enjoy the music. We are the pros, we are supposed to know.

I enjoy using Band-in-a-Box, but have very little idea about the code it takes to create that fine app. I don't have to know aerodynamics to hop in a plane and fly off to a vacation.

Music is a common language. When working on cruise ships, I met some Spanish-speaking musicians in our long port, San Juan PR. My Spanish language is baby-talk, a couple of musicians spoke a bit of English and others none at all, but they put charts down, and we had a good time playing music together.

I like songs from any genre of music if the melody, harmony, and rhythm speak to me. I don't know exactly why some songs reach me and others do not, and I've thought about it a lot. So I don't expect the audience to know why either.

For me, and hopefully to my audience, the music reaches their brain in a non-verbal, emotional communication.

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