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Re:If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate thi... by tiborsaas on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:15AM (#33230947)
I'm not sure what you mean by "sound the same", but just by comparing a simple change from major to minor is quite a dramatic change:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTYymbbEL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10CQAjCrYPY

Same thing with a more recent pop tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9HZH_P_5qM

There's also a reason that in electronic music A minor is used significantly more: https://www.edmprod.com/beatport-analysis/

It probably has a lot to do with how well that key suits club speakers.

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Re:If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate thi... by Hinrik on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:25AM (#33231020)
>I'm not sure what you mean by "sound the same", but just by comparing a simple change from major to minor is quite a dramatic change

That's because OP is not talking about the differences between scales (major vs minor) but keys (C major vs A major). With equal temperament all keys of the same scale have the exact same intervals between the notes. They are simply shifted up or down by a constant amount. Before equal temperament that was not the case.

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