Much of our music, from classical to contemporary, is written in either a major or minor key (with exceptions, such as jazz, which uses neither). For most, a major key conjures up feelings of ...

"In Western music, there's nothing that says 'sad' like a minor key," explains the Exploratorium science museum. You don't have to be up on your music theory — or have synesthesia — to recognize when ...

Need a challenge? Take your favorite happy song and type the title into YouTube, followed by “in a minor key.” You’ve likely had this distinction drilled into your head by popular music and movies: ...

Why do tunes in a major key, such as Singin’ in the Rain, sound cheerful, while those in minor keys – Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, say – sound gloomy and depressing? The answer – in part – ...

This is our second story in our series on the characteristics of musical keys. We started with the “people’s key,” C major. From there it’s an easy skip to D, the root of today’s subject, the “saddest ...

But he isn't just about turning major key songs into minor key versions. He also has fun covering other popular songs, using household objects and even his kids' toys. In this video, he shares the ...

A secondary key used to identify a record. For example, if transactions are sorted by account number and date, account number is the major key and date is the minor key. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

This is part one of our journey through the musical keys. It is a continuation of our exploration of synesthesia, the ability of many musicians to see colors in each musical key. That phenomenon, ...

Like everyone else who grew up during the heyday of the show and has since had to deal with countless reruns over the last 25 years, I have heard the Friends theme song roughly a billion times. I’m ...

G Major and C Major rule all other keys. At least that’s what analysis of Spotify’s mountains of music listening data suggests, according to analyst Kenny Ning. The analyst took a deep look at Spotify ...

Scott Yoo, Bion Tsang and Toby Appel discuss what they think was Beethoven’s favorite key to compose and take a reimagined approach to Beethoven’s string trio. What do you think Beethoven's favorite ...

In Key West, the high school baseball team is the focus of a passionate local fan base — beyond just families of the players."; Every spring in Key West is the same in some ways. After Easter, traffic ...