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No. 80: Bach, you have a lot to answer for

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Bach, you have a lot to answer for

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/dinosaur/?comic=80

Strip by: David Morgan-Mar

T-Rex: This comic is in the key of...
T-Rex: D MINOR!
T-Rex: Which means it has a sad emotional feel.
Utahraptor: Only if you are raised on Western music.
Utahraptor: People from other musical traditions do not have the same emotional response to music in the abstract!
T-Rex: Okay.
T-Rex: Now I'm sad.

The author writes:

Actually true! As confirmed by musicologists and neuropsychologists and other expert people who study the stuff that goes into bringing you these informative comics!