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评论 Comment by Rain on Wednesday

Why is Balinese Gamelan music more upbeat than Javanese Gamelan music? 

ZHN Legend 评论 Comment by Gustavo on 5月 May 14, 2013 at 16:04

lol...I'm working on the 'Guangdong style' version of it..

评论 Comment by Rain on 5月 May 14, 2013 at 3:04

What is my 'least liked' song after spending the past year in Korea? :p lol. 

ZHN Legend 评论 Comment by Gustavo on 3月 March 26, 2013 at 23:51

That's a good tune..

评论 Comment by Rain on 3月 March 23, 2013 at 11:24

"And I Love Her' by The Beatles uses a Picardy third. The whole song is in a minor key, then the last chord of the song is major. 

ZHN Legend 评论 Comment by Gustavo on 3月 March 23, 2013 at 11:17

Didn't know that one...

评论 Comment by Rain on 3月 March 23, 2013 at 10:58

A picardy third, picardy cadence or, in French, tierce de picardie is a harmonic device used in European Classical Music.

It refers to the use of a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section that is either modal or in a minor key This is achieved by raising the Third of the expected minor triad by a half step(semi tone) to create a major triad, as a form of resolution.

For example, instead of a chord at the end of a cadence in A minor ending on an A minor chord, containing the notes A, C, and E, a tierce de Picardie ending would consist of an A major chord containing the notes A, C#, and E. Note that the minor third between the A and C of the A minor chord has become a major third in the tierce de Picardie chord.

Even in instrumental music, the picardy third retains its expressive quality: it is the “happy third.”…Since at least the beginning of the seventeenth century, it is no longer enough to describe it as a resolution to the more consonant triad; it is a resolution to the happier triad as well.…The picardy third is absolute music's happy ending. 

So, 'Picardy third' is the answer. 

评论 Comment by Rain on 3月 March 19, 2013 at 13:10

lol. Hopefully not! The purpose of going from a i-iv-V-i to a i-iv-V-I chord progression is supposed to give the opposite effect. That last chord (which I am inquiring about) is supposed to give a sense of relief after hearing a depressing minor key song. 

I will not say the answer yet in hopes that there is a music theory nerd floating around ZHN somewhere.

 

Hint- What is the difference between a major and a minor chord? If you think of that, then apply it to the original question, you will then know how to search for the answer.   

ZHN Legend 评论 Comment by Gustavo on 3月 March 19, 2013 at 11:54

depressing?

评论 Comment by Rain on 3月 March 17, 2013 at 15:16

What is it called when you play an entire song in a minor key (such as i, iv,V), then on the last chord of the song, you play a major I chord? 

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