[bernie-d]

Sooo sorry to hear of your loss Joanne. As with Brian P , thoughts and prayers are with you at such a sad time. Clearly your love extended to sharing music in a beautiful way together. thats special. Be gentle and easy on yourself. Hopefully your love and the transcendence music can bring will bring you together again in spirit. take care.

[bernie-d]

Hi Juhan

You have basically answered your own question. Because E is the relative minor of the G major scale it has in common those common notes. Thats why it sounds so akin. Each relative minor works the same i.e A is the relative minor of C and they go together naturally. As with anything in music thats not to say you can’t be creative-there are some musicians who make a living out of dissonance. Hope this helps.