Can a link between speech patterns and downbeat music prove that minor keys are intrinsically sad, asks Philip Ball?

D minor, wrote Schubart, is a key of “melancholy womanliness, the spleen and humours brood.” He actually found D#minor to be sadder.

Well, in some ways, that’s the point. However, it’s actually surprisingly easy find D major, with that bluesy minor-to-major third accessed by hammering onto the first fret of the third string. Bukka ...

Nowadays Sonata in D minor clearly enjoys the fame and position of a favoured work for violin and piano, and has been played and recorded by the greatest violinists, including Zdzisław Jahnke, David ...

Learn about what fusion music is, listen to examples of Toccata and Fugue in D minor in jazz and electro rock styles and compare to the origional.

This spooky staple has long been associated with the horror genre, and was a go-to for scary films in the silent movie era. But what makes this work for the organ just so unsettling? Famed for its ...

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor; Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Piano Expand Michael Dervan Fri Sept 20 2013 - 00:00 ...