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RE: Music Science: Is music innate?
Now I know why many think Enya is a sad song; her music must be in the minor scale, but I do love her music. This post is the first time I hear of the Pentatonic scale of music. That goes to show you can enjoy and be a huge fan of something without knowing what the heck it was.
Well, Enya's music is a little different. There are other modes and scales that are neither minor nor major that can sound sad. Likewise, major can be sad in the right context and style. With Enya, she keeps the tempo slow, the sound very roomy and choral and creates a more ethereal sound that people often feel reminiscent or ambivalent, which can be reduced in some as 'sad'... it can get very complicated lol. It's not like I know objectively what I'm talking about here
Lol. At least you make it look professional as I'm nodding like an agama lizard in agreement :)