Why? Because both have the same key signature- one flat (Bb). The key of D minor is the relative minor of the key of F major. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don’t know why.” (Nigel Tufnel in Spinal Tap) “It’s part of a trilogy, a musical trilogy I’m working on in D minor, which is the saddest of all keys, I find. Hans Zimmer has been accused of stubbornly holding on to the key of D minor in many of his compositions, notably for the films Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, and The Dark Knight.Īnd who can forget Nigel Tufnel’s musical trilogy in D minor? Nigel holds forth on the mysteries of D minor. D minor enhanced the melancholy dimension of The Dark Knight’s soundtrack.
9 used D minor to create a path of gloom leading up to the triumph of joy (the joyous part, by the way, being helped along by switching the key to D major).
And Beethoven’s unforgettable Symphony No. Mozart needed D minor to create the poignancy we hear in his Requiem. Bach wrote his entire The Art of the Fugue in this key. In the classical world it was one of Scarlatti’s favourite minor keys, and J.S. The key of D minor, and the dm chord itself, has long been associated with a kind of womanly melancholy, a rich, “Lady’s Got the Blues” kind of sadness, and a sense of impending death.
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