Uploaded September 2008 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Back to Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=PnbOWi6f_IM

Part 5: Looks at melodic developments in 20th century popular music, including Sting's: "We work the Black Sea" - using the ancient Dorian mode! Looks at how Irish and Anglo folk traditions and the Shakers' religious music, met African music. Concludes with Paul Simon's "Bridge over troubled Water."

Thanks to PeterInglisGuitar for the video summaries. ;)