How your culture informs your emotional reaction to music
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The Emotional Perception of Music in the West
In western music, the way is, when we think about music in terms of chords as building blocks, that is a very western thing to think and perceive about music. Other cultures do not necessarily think like this when they are creating their music. For example, a melodic line in some cultures may be more important than the court progressions that we've got in the west. Can you give an example of a song that includes what we consider a sad sounding chord or harmony in the west? So a very sad song from the beetles, for example, would be, and i love her as a very sad songs in a minor chord. Some one might listen to the beetles, and iLove
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