D Minor

[Hammer]

Why is D minor considered the saddest key? Surely all minor keys sound the same?

[BobbyLove01]

I dont know why but i just had to make sure that it was the saddest music note. Yep it is the most saddest of all. Unlike the mighty G that sounds the best.

[bobbobley]

of course they don't sound the same! if they did, there wouldn't be more than one of them - they'd all be indistinguishable from each other.

[DrWu]

This is only held true by Nigel Tufnell, guitarist of Spinal Tap, with particular reference to that touching little ballad 'Lick my Lovepump'

[Hammer]

When I said they sound the same, I didn't mean the same pitch, but that minor is minor is minor. Know what I mean?

[DrWu]

no seriously!...it's a quote from the movie 'Spinal Tap'....a joke!...that's where it originated from!

[daff]

all keys sound different cos scientifically a c sharp is not the same as a d flat etc, so if you play it on a piano (or any fixed note instrument) you get slightly different intervals

[daff]

lemonbade: maybe that's why different keys/chords on a piano sound different (apart from the pitch i mean), as in for some keys you get better intervals than for others. am i being vague enough?