When Alicia Keys burst onto the scene ten years ago, we were all mesmerized by her debut album, “Songs in A Minor.” Now the Grammy winning songstress is giving us good reason to fall in love with that ...

To begin our discussion on what it is that makes minor chords sad, we will first listen to some examples of the use of minor chords and minor keys that demonstrate breathtaking power to convey deep ...

"In Western music, there's nothing that says 'sad' like a minor key," explains the Exploratorium science museum. You don't have to be up on your music theory — or have synesthesia — to recognize when ...