How Music Works with Howard Goodall Season 1 Episode 1 Melody 2006
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Why does melody affect us so deeply, from the moment we are born? Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. But how does a melody actually work? In this film composer Howard Goodall looks at melody's basic elements. Why are some melodic shapes common to all cultures across the world? Can successful melodies be written at random? If not, what are the familiar melodic patterns composers of all types of music have fallen back on again and again, and why do they work?
- Released: 2006-11-18
- Runtime : 50 minutes
- Genre : Documentary
- Stars : Howard Goodall
- Director : Francis Hanly, Howard Goodall, David Jeffcock
