Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

Why is it that a tune played in A major can sound right but the same tune played in G major sounds sad and gloomy? 'A major' seems to work well with mellotron strings and Oboe. Don't know why.

Find file 'A Major Atlantic.mp3' here:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/newmellotrongroup/files/