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Which key is the saddest?
Musician Adam Neely examines whether certain keys sound sadder than others, looking at the history of tuning systems and temperaments and at how instrument timbre shapes the emotional character we hear. It draws on historical aesthetics writing and audio examples.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it for its historical context on tuning systems and for how instruments influence what music gets composed.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Adam Neely
- Topic
- music theory
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Re #2, I'm not a programmer, but as a writer I find the same thing to be true. I work better with a pen and legal pad than a keyboard. I've got this feeling that we have neural pathways built for typing and, subconsciously, we …
abakker on Hacker News · 2018-04
In Where I started might not be useful to youI recommend checking out Adam Neely's channel, where he touches on some similar concepts: [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK]
mafuyu on Hacker News · 2018-09
In We know music is pleasurable, the question is why?If you're into that, check out Adam Neely's channel. There's been a few videos on that and related topics: [VIDEO] (Spoiler: lots of historical context about tuning systems, but also raising the issue of timbre of specific instruments)
viraptor on Hacker News · 2020-05
In Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third
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