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Dec 21, 2022 · The most obvious aspect of what makes a Christmas song is, of course, its lyrics — and Bennett found that the words used in these songs fit broadly into eight key themes including “home,” “in love,” “party,” “Santa” and “snow.”. But the concept that connects all the themes, according to Bennett, is nostalgia. “The world ...
Dec 1, 2023 · A Berklee musicology, Joe Bennett, found in 2017 that all Christmas songs had a few shared characteristics. He found that 95 percent of our Christmas classics were in a major key (which gives them ...
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Dec 24, 2021 · Take a listen Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. That chord under ‘presents’ in the opening line is a scrunchy half diminished chord. It’s D minor 7 flat 5 to be exact. That chord on its own does not a Christmas song make. BUT what that chord does do is bring in that delicious sprinkle of salt that makes your sweet ...
Dec 21, 2016 · The song also includes what I consider the most Christmassy chord of all—a minor subdominant, or “iv,” chord with an added 6, under the words “underneath the Christmas tree,” among other ...
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Whenever you listen to a Christmas song you've probably noticed that the song itself sounds Christmassy. So what causes these songs to sound Christmassy? Wat...
Dec 30, 2016 · Why Christmas music sounds “Christmassy”: There is one chord that makes Christmas music special, Vox explains, looking at Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas is You," the only modern Christmas song to be widely played. There are special chords that could be responsible for that, starting with the key of C. “It’s these jazzy […]
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During the past few months of this year, as in those same months of any year, we’ve been hearing a great deal of Christmas music. Some of the songs in the mix — “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “The Christmas Song” — few of us have ever known a time without, and others make it in because of their seasonal ...
