D Minor

[guitar man]

:cry:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. ...the saddest of all the keys.

:toast:

[guitar man]

2. !!!

:applause: :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

3. Yep.

Instantly.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. Bach toccata and fugue in

What else could you possibly play while the Nautilus is sinking?

[sarge43]

6. Or background music for an insane silent motion picture star

'Play it again, Max!'

'As you wish, Miss Desmond.'

Interesting version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

[Old Troop]

5. My favorite piece of music is Pachebel's Canon in D major. Is that

a significantly different sound?

[guitar man]

8. Yes

It is significantly different than " Lick My Love Pump"

:D

[pokerfan]

10. major chords feel light and airy, minor chords are dark and gruesome

But if you're a Canon fan (and I have Pachelbel's Greatest Hit) then you will appreciate this...

Rob Paravonian is a comedian, best known for his "Pachelbel Rant" which parodies the use of the chord progression from Pachelbel's Canon in many popular songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

I hate it so much because the cello part is the worst cello part ever written in the history of cello parts. It's eight quarter-notes that we repeated over and over again; they are as follows: D, A, B, F#, G, D, G, A... and that's all we got to play. We repeated those eight notes fifty-four times! I counted. Because I had nothing else to do. I would sit back and listen to the violins get lovely melodies, the violas would get lovely melodies, the second violins would lovely melodies--which should just not happen! And the cello--we got stuck with eight crappy lousy stinkin' notes and I began to wonder why? Why would Pachelbel do that to us; such a beautiful instrument?!

[Xipe Totec]

7. C Minor is no Ode to Joy either

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MzrAGZHDvo

[pokerfan]

9. Schubert's Death and the Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZJkkWX8Yw

[One_Life_To_Give]

11. "What is, Kyle's mom is a bitch in"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz9oe5eG9oo

Had to work to find the original version claiming it's in D minor. (Which is part of it's charm)

[The Midway Rebel]

12. "Its a Dark Day" - Reverend Horton Heat

I haven't got my guitar handy to double check but, if my memory serves me correctly, this is a D minor tune appropriately called "Its a Dark Day".

At a live show once, I saw this band extend an improvised solo out to like 36 bars. I was so taken in my mouth hung open and I started to drool. This studio take is nowhere near that good but is definitely D minor dark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_1PmYiZ36U