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Old 04-22-2008, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Big D Johnson View Post
i dont think its that because the song has no lyrics. its just an instrumental
This is probably a bit out there, but it's definitely possible that the chord progression or melody is designed to provoke a particular emotion. There's a reason that a major progression sounds happy and a minor melody sad. Hell, the Catholic Church banned one particular interval for centuries based on the way it supposedly affected people.

I'm a Jaco fan, but I must admit that I'm not familiar with the song you've mentioned. I'll try to check it out tomorrow, though. I'm interested to see what's up now.
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