![]() There is not a dog that romps and runs but we learn from him. The dog would remind us of the pleasures of the body with its graceful physicality, and the acuity and rapture of the senses, and the beauty of forest and ocean and rain and our own breath. Dog is one of the messengers of that rich and still magical first world. For wilderness is our first home too, and in our wild ride into modernity with all its concerns and problems we need also all the good attachments to that origin that we can keep or restore. So let’s jump into the deeper devices that you can use to make a song sad in the exact way that you want it.“But I want to extol not the sweetness nor the placidity of the dog, but the wilderness out of which he cannot step entirely, and from which we benefit. It feels very surface-level to say, “this key is C minor, and since it’s minor, it must be sad.” It’s just not that simple!Īny key can be sad or happy – the real secret lies in their chords and how you write with them. I feel strange writing those down because music isn’t that black and white (insert cheesy piano joke here). You could check out this article which details the ways in which composers Christian Schubart and Marc-Antoine Charpentier describe the characteristics of different keys, you may find it helpful. Those are quite subjective and broad topics – so broad, that I’ll answer those now. This will go further than simply “sad chord progressions” and “sad keys”. Today we’ll explore the many different musical devices, poetic devices, and songwriting tips to write a sad song.Įvery musician is so different in the ways they approach invoking sadness in their music – so today instead of providing a formulaic step-by-step article, I’d like to provide a collection of tools and tricks for you to keep in mind as you follow your own path of sad songwriting.
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