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Sheyvan t1_iur7qmj wrote

Reply to comment by MonkeyCube in [OC] Billboard's top 10 singles are getting progressively more negative (and less acoustic) over time by robert_ritz

>Seven Nation Army became a sports anthem with a solidly minor riff.

Ok, sure - the Melody is in Minor, but Jack White plays every Chord as a major one in an open tuning. Lots of Chromatic Mediants. ;)

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MonkeyCube t1_iur9bb0 wrote

Ha. Fair. Though if we're going down that rabbit hole, couldn't it be argued that a large chunk of the blues is the sound of minor key melodies over major chords?

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