Working on a small project " what makes a pleasing or beautiful melody". In my opinion it is not the mode or scale. ( phrygian ???) Maybe a matter of intervals and accidentals, interval minors and majors. The first bar as opener giving the direction.
I noticed with Bach or sahra's song, ICantForgetOldWhatsHerName-G-Wakefield, Some_Day_My_Prince_Will_Come G , Maudabawn Chapel , LittleRockGetaway, InaSentimantalMood, bigsandyriver, Blind Mary, AvaMaria, The gentle light that wakes me , Bach - Violin Concerto in E major - II - Adagio , APlaceintheHeart -Baldassari ,Air_on_the_G_String etc and many others...
thirds prevail , others often as passing tones, melodic intervals rather close with occasional rare 4ths 6ths, rarely 7ths.
Apart from personal, individual preference there may be a certain pattern I am looking for, what the catchy pieces, the things that stick in your ear have in common.
I have the book composing for dummies- does not cover this aspect
I only started with this. Interesting it is and one learns alot this way.
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