George Lynch has what he calls the gothic octave which has some third intervals and some chromatic steps, kind of like this: Find top songs and albums by Pshade & Dark-Keys including Black Man Blues, Look Me in the Eye (feat. It's in a Major key, so it should be happy, but I've always thought of that movement as autumn slightly peaking through in an otherwise dreary winter, but autumn is sad that she isn't really there anymore. Listen to music by Pshade & Dark-Keys on Apple Music. The largo of Vivaldi's Winter would be a good example. D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. With a vast collection of crushed, battle-scarred drums, guitars, keys and more, it was designed with a single purpose in mind: to push conventional instruments. Usually scales aren't very sad sounding, but they can have a mournful type of quality, or maybe pastoral is a better word. Well, E minor and E harmonic minor have worked for metal for a LONG time! A lot of the Malmsteen stuff uses the E harmonic minor scale.