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What the difference between a minor and a major?

What the difference between a minor and a major?

For a Bachelor Degree, a major is a primary focus of study and a minor is a secondary focus of study. Majors are typically chosen to compliment a student’s career goal, and a minor may be chosen to enhance the major. Both majors and minors are awarded by four-year institutions.

How do you know if a song is major or minor?

If the song sounds bright or happy, uses mostly major chords and generally comes to rest on a major chord, it’s probably a major key. Note that most popular songs are in a major key. If the song sounds dark and gloomy, uses mostly minor chords and generally comes to rest on a minor chord, it’s probably a minor key.

Is Major higher than minor?

The difference between major and minor chords and scales boils down to a difference of one essential note – the third. The third is what gives major-sounding scales and chords their brighter, cheerier sound, and what gives minor scales and chords their darker, sadder sound.