Post by Richard on Aug 7, 2007 14:29:20 GMT
Hello everybody! 
Daisy Chute has posted about this new series on the AAI Forum. Here's some information from BBC.co.uk
Best Wishes,
Richard
Daisy Chute has posted about this new series on the AAI Forum. Here's some information from BBC.co.uk
What Is Melody?
Friday 10 August
1903-1930
We’ve heard melodies every day of our lives from our first lullaby to last night’s movie. But how do you define exactly what a ‘melody’ is? What makes one tune reverberate in the brain for a lifetime and another go literally in one ear and out the other? Why should one succession of tones make us dance and another make us cry?
With the assistance of over 40 contributors from the worlds of pop (The Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet), rock (Nickleback), jazz (Gary Burton, Bob James, Mike Stern) and classical music (Natasha Marsh, All Angels), composer and presenter Richard Niles will answer all these questions and more in a series of programs that will illuminate and entertain.
The story of melody is both the story of the human voice (from the first cry of the caveman through Gregorian Chant, opera, Broadway, pop and rock. It is also the story of instrumental music from Mozart to Clapton, from Paganini to Louis Armstrong. And, by the way, is Rap really melody? Hit rapper Slim Thug doesn’t think so!
How do elements such as harmony and rhythm affect melody? Why are some melodies perceived as rock melodies while others would be heard as jazz? And how do lyrics affect melody?
Programme one: “Yeah, what is it anyway?”
In this first programme, Niles travels to New York and Los Angeles to answer the question, “What IS melody?” He finds that although the question may seem simple, the hitmakers themselves find it far from simple to find an answer!
Theme song sung by Daisy Chute of All Angels, composed by Richard Niles
Friday 10 August
1903-1930
We’ve heard melodies every day of our lives from our first lullaby to last night’s movie. But how do you define exactly what a ‘melody’ is? What makes one tune reverberate in the brain for a lifetime and another go literally in one ear and out the other? Why should one succession of tones make us dance and another make us cry?
With the assistance of over 40 contributors from the worlds of pop (The Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet), rock (Nickleback), jazz (Gary Burton, Bob James, Mike Stern) and classical music (Natasha Marsh, All Angels), composer and presenter Richard Niles will answer all these questions and more in a series of programs that will illuminate and entertain.
The story of melody is both the story of the human voice (from the first cry of the caveman through Gregorian Chant, opera, Broadway, pop and rock. It is also the story of instrumental music from Mozart to Clapton, from Paganini to Louis Armstrong. And, by the way, is Rap really melody? Hit rapper Slim Thug doesn’t think so!
How do elements such as harmony and rhythm affect melody? Why are some melodies perceived as rock melodies while others would be heard as jazz? And how do lyrics affect melody?
Programme one: “Yeah, what is it anyway?”
In this first programme, Niles travels to New York and Los Angeles to answer the question, “What IS melody?” He finds that although the question may seem simple, the hitmakers themselves find it far from simple to find an answer!
Theme song sung by Daisy Chute of All Angels, composed by Richard Niles
Best Wishes,
Richard
