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Old 01-20-2017, 03:47 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Trollheart View Post
music can sound sad (or happy)
This was my idea behind the thread. What makes us think this?

Additionally, I was actually thinking about how wind instruments seem to be more expressive than stringed the other day. It might have something to do with it being fueled by breath, so it in a way becomes an extension of the musician's body. Obviously you can be as emotive on a guitar, but it doesn't come as naturally as it does with wind instruments based on my thinking.

Going more back to the original topic, I wonder if you were thinking that the cello and violin were more expressive because of their association with classical music, which is conventionally seen as one of the "moodier" genres.
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