I just wrote the saddest song ever, totally by accident.

[friedo]

I swear I didn’t mean to. It’s even in a major key and full of fifths and major chords! But it’s sad. Maybe it’s all the violins.

[Gorsnak]

I thought D Minor was the saddest key. How can the saddest song ever be in a major key?

[Stark_Raven_Mad]

@Gorsnak

I thought D Minor was the saddest key. How can the saddest song ever be in a major key?

Isn’t Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now in a major key?

[Liberal]

Taps is.

[GorillaMan]

Major-key sadness is highly effective - it provides opportunities for wistfulness, plaintiveness, reflection…it’s all about context

[Scissorjack]

@Gorsnak

I thought D Minor was the saddest key.

Yeah, “Lick My Love Pump” was in D Minor.