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Originally Posted by hakkolu
But chords get me. People say minor chords are dark or sad and major is happy, bright... I never understood why. Certainly there is a certain characteristic for them but a major chord is not always happy, and a minor chord can be happy to my ears, all dependent on the context.
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It does depend on context, or i.e. usually the key (major or minor) the piece is in. For example the sound of a C chord often sounds more
"happy" in the key of G (try cycling G-C-G) than in the key of Am (cycling Am-C-Am). While listening to a tune pulling a chord out of its
context within the music can help in certain cases to identify the chord's notes and intervals.