bending (lowering) the 3rd, 5th, and 7th scale degree
No, it is not a major music label.
If you think about it, the answer seems fairly obvious - major. Samba tunes seem very joyful and uplifting, and major keys help create this effect. Minor keys normally give sad sombre sounds.
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The importance of the establishment of major and minor tonality in the Baroque was that each tonality came to be associated with certain types of music. Major tonality was associated with happy occasions and minor tonality with sadness or sensuality.
Atonality
Tonal range is the various shades of grey between absolute black and absolute white
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Richard A. Chrisman has written: 'A theory of axis-tonality for twentieth-century music' -- subject(s): Music theory, Tonality, History
LISTENING TO MUSIC: Chapt. 33 pg 369 Chromatic dissonance, new chords, and tone clusters all weakened the traditional role of tonality in music
Serialism
subdued or sad
Tonality may refer to major/minor or overall mood, in either case it's mostly minor and hopeful/angry as seen in the lyrics : "With all that I am, I will lift my voice, To start this Revolution" Sources: University music student and Killswitch fan
Serialism
many dance music songs are writen in minor. that means that they also use the minor scale.
Carl Dahlhaus has written: 'Analysis and value judgement' -- subject(s): Music, Analysis, appreciation, Philosophy and aesthetics 'The idea of absolute music' -- subject(s): Music, History and criticism, Philosophy and aesthetics 'Studies on the origin of harmonic tonality' -- subject(s): Tonality 'Esthetics of music' -- subject(s): Music, Philosophy and aesthetics