D minor plays on our rawest emotion — but in contemporary music, even the most somber of artists tend to avoid it. Why might this be?

The G replaces the 3rd (F#), meaning sus chords are neither major nor minor; it’s all about which chord you resolve to afterwards (that’s where the ‘suspended’ part comes from).

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 3 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 10, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Jazz in Long Form articles ...

Parallel modulations shift between major and minor keys that share the same root note - C major and C minor, for example. This is often done via the dominant V chord common to both keys, which in this ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which ...

Much of our music, from classical to contemporary, is written in either a major or minor key (with exceptions, such as jazz, which uses neither). For most, a major key conjures up feelings of ...

This chord that sets off the track Battery. This is a very moody sounding chord and in the larger context you could probably consider this to be a minor chord, however in this specific intro, the 3rd ...

In this example, the minor chords and minor key are simply devastating. While the entire orchestra is responsible for the sound, it is, as is often the case, the brass section that delivers ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which ...