Sadness in speech: minor thirds? (opens in new tab)

In "Poem in the key of what" (10/9/2006), I blogged about a paper by Maartje Schreuder, Laura van Eerten and Dicky Gilbers, "Speaking in major and minor keys". Its abstract: In music the difference between sad and cheerful melodies is often indicated as a difference between a minor and a major key. In order to […]