someone please answer this: Is this music depressing or uplifting?

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DavidSBianchet · 51-55, M

@jshm2 well, I'm guessing he believed in an afterlife because I hear some hopefulness in it.

LilPrincess · 41-45, F

I find it uplifting but I love classical music

DavidScott · 51-55, M

@LilPrincess I agree.

bijouxbroussard · F

I find it somber, but I still like it. I used to play it.

DavidScott · 51-55, M

@bijouxbroussard to me, the chords sound like someone who's close to death but will never give up. They are uplifting, in a slow, painful way.

bijouxbroussard · F

@DavidScott I could see that. Now his Marche Funebre, [b]that[/b] is truly depressing to me. 🥺

DavidScott · 51-55, M

@bijouxbroussard yes, it's meant to be, but it does have some bright points. It will never not make me think of Soviet Russia

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

Manilow copped 90 percent of that for this(he acknowledges it as such). In some cases it sounds like just different chord inversions, albeit with less dynamic shifts.
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DavidSBianchet · 51-55, M

@uncalled4 yeah, I don't hate Barry Manilow, but he doesn't play the piece well. He's got talent, but nowhere near the level of a respected classical pianist.

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@DavidSBianchet I don't think he was trying to play that piece note-for-note; he adapted it for a pop song(more than once).

DavidScott · 51-55, M

@uncalled4 you have a point. It's a pop song, so he can't go crazy with the time shifting.

BlueGreenGrey ·

perhaps neutral but it isn't really a tempo I would generally place on the uplifting side of the spectrum, and low(er) notes seem to predominate here

(this is irrespective of [i]genre[/i])

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