Music Month: Major vs. Minor

Comment by BlancheNoE on February 5, 2010 at 7:59pm

That analogy works for so many things on so many levels. Just a hair this way or that and it's a whole new universe. *smack-smack* (kiss-kind then kick-kind)

Comment by Chig on February 6, 2010 at 10:16am

Cool do "Don't worry be Happy" step down now.

Comment by SydTheSkeptic on February 6, 2010 at 1:45pm

lol- Chig's idea. Hey if Fara Jaqua can sound that epic, why not...? Nothing like musical irony.

Step Down Requests:
Happy Birthday
You Are My Sunshine
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Comment by spacemonkey1310 on February 6, 2010 at 7:27pm

You're a very talented man. The major/minor effect is astounding. I love music for this reason. In two or three notes it can either rip your soul out and leave you in tears or give you the greatest high ever. That's even before a lyricist has time to sing your story. Hit, faved etc (oops flashback).

Comment by NatureJunkie on February 10, 2010 at 3:29pm

Dude, would you please sit down?! It's killing my back watching you play in that position.

Really good music lesson, Peter. I share your fascination with the major/minor thing. I find it curious when supposedly happy lyrics are set in a minor key, as with Irving Berlin's Blue Skies. I once heard my 88-year-old aunt sing that song in her warbly, unsteady voice, and realized how much the lyrics are betrayed by the melody. It's a sad song, really.

Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long

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