you need a properly sad chord progression, so we’ve sought out one or two of the saddest chords known to mankind. These – when combined with the saddest of all keys (according to Spinal Tap that is), ...

To make a sad song properly sad, you need a properly sad chord progression, so we’ve sought out one or two of the saddest chords known to mankind. These - when combined with the saddest of all keys ...

Is it really the “saddest key”? Of course ... Or perhaps it’s because D minor chord progressions have a tough time building suspense, unlike those of other minor keys — or like the ...

Where does sad music get its sadness from ... of the song depends on a musical context broader than simply its chord progression and melody: Bleakly atmospheric story-song lyrics, obviously ...

Most often, the mode is used in heavy metal (Metallica's Sad But True being a good example) or as a way to improvise over the m7b5 chord (the ii chord) in a minor ii-V-i progression in jazz – so ...