An amazing series of videos from BBC 4 grouped together by Maria Popova at Brain Pickings >>>.
I could hardly imagine life without music, it would be flat, lifeless almost. But how well do we understand music, why it does what it does and the other way around.
How well do we understand its emotional hold on our brains?How Music Works, a fascinating program from BBC4 (the same folks who brought us The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion), explores just that.
Composer Howard Goodall takes us on a journey into music’s underbelly, examining the four basic elements that make it work: Melody, rhythm, harmony and bass.
Go check it out here >>> sit back and relax, and learn more about music in this fantastic series of videos.
The Desk of the Renaissance Man 