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Humans generally associate the emotion of 'sadness' with pieces of music that are based around minor keys. A minor key is a progression of chords that naturally resolves to a minor chord. This means that the movement of chords used in a progression naturally 'pulls' toward a minor chord. It is this minor chord that all other chords within this progression wish to resolve to (with varying strengths) and makes the musical construct sound and feel complete.

Minor chords contain a flatted third from the major scale with the same name as the chord (for example, A, B or C).

Classical Music is a genre of music, and so sad classical music pieces are generally those that revolve around minor keys.

There is a lot of scientific (and not so scientific) debate around whether human association of minor chords to "sadness" and major chords to "happiness" is conditioned or inherent. Can one learn to truly associate a minor chord or key with a genuine feeling of happiness? This question remains unanswered.

Like most things in music, it becomes easier to comprehend something by listening to it rather than just conceptualizing it. If you would like to hear a collection of sad classical music check out http://www.sadclassicalmusic.com

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