Music and Song Writing etc
circle of fifths scales - building blocks of melody major scale = 2212221 minor scale = 2122122 chromatic scale = 111111111111 whole tone scale = 222222 blues scale = 321132 chords - building blocks of harmony major chord - 4 3 minor chord - 3 4 diminished chord - 3 3 augmented chord - 4 4 rhythm and rhyme are humanity's first / early memory aids (story telling before writing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUehHv_U1fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0K_xcSqhxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5yxIzs5Wug Water is interesting. I watched a couple of commercials all the way through simply because they involved water / swimming etc. d minor = the saddest key? - seems to be a harmonic match for a particular kind of sadness