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Why does sad music sound sad?

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Is there a clear scientific answer to this? A quick google search was fruitless. All I read was that we're conditioned to think that. But I don't think it is just conditioning. Music from all sorts of cultures share the same principles for music that is intended to being out sad emotions.
 
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