What is the saddest note on the piano?

D minor Historically, classical composers felt that D minor was the most melancholy of the keys, suitable for lamentations, dirges and requiems.

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Historically, classical composers felt that D minor was the most melancholy of the keys, suitable for lamentations, dirges and requiems. Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel thought so too, choosing the key for his musical trilogy “Lick My Love Pump.” “I don’t know why,” he remarks in Rob Reiner’s 1984 film, This Is Spinal Tap, “but it makes people weep instantly.”

But do different keys really sound different?

That’s what Adam Neely wanted to know. He observed that, historically, composers have felt that the different keys convey unique emotional states. But even if they did, he conjectures, does that still hold up for modern music?

For example, he notes, 18th-century German composer Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart wrote a musical treatise on the different keys in which he said Eb minor reflected “feelings of anxiety of all the soul’s deepest distress.” In this video, Adam explores this and many other questions about keys in his search to determine whether or not they have different emotional and musical meanings. He offers a historical perspective on tuning that explains how keys have lost some of their unique characteristics over time. So, he suggests, maybe there are differences between the keys in our modern tuning system, “it’s just that the differences are a little bit more subtle and maybe not as universal as you might think.” Or maybe it just comes down to something else unique to the individual instrument.

Take a look. It’s a fascinating perspective.

Adam offers a new video every Monday, so be sure to check out his YouTube channel for more.

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What does Control R do?

Ctrl+R in an Internet browser In all major Internet browsers (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera), pressing Ctrl + R refreshes (reloads) the current web page.

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Ctrl+R

Alternatively referred to as Control+R, ^r, and C-r, Ctrl+R is a keyboard shortcut often used to refresh the page in an Internet browser.

How to use the Ctrl+R keyboard shortcut

To use this keyboard shortcut, press and hold either Ctrl key, and while continuing to hold, press R .

Ctrl+R in an Internet browser

In all major Internet browsers (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera), pressing Ctrl + R refreshes (reloads) the current web page.

Ctrl+R in Excel and other spreadsheet programs

In Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs, pressing Ctrl + R fills the row cell(s) to the right with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow to select additional ones. Then, press Ctrl + R to fill them with the contents of the original cell. Tip Using the Ctrl + D shortcut fills a column instead of a row.

Ctrl+R in Microsoft PowerPoint

In Microsoft PowerPoint, Ctrl + R right aligns an object or selected text with the current slide.

Ctrl+R in Outlook

In Microsoft Outlook, pressing Ctrl + R replies to an e-mail.

Ctrl+R in Word and other word processors

In Microsoft Word and other word processors, pressing Ctrl + R right aligns a paragraph or object in the current document.

Ctrl+R in Windows calculator

When used in the Microsoft Windows calculator, pressing Ctrl + R recalls the number stored in the calculator memory. This keyboard shortcut is the same as pressing the MR button.

Related keyboard shortcuts and keys

Below are links to related keyboard shortcuts and individual key pages.

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