What makes a melody catchy?

[Dinosaur David B]

This guy makes really good videos on a wide variety of compositional topics.  This one is a very good example, and should be useful to all of us that write songs. It also echos what Amy told me a long time ago about hooks. This is just a (well-done) more thorough explanation. 




 

[merlo_zeppelin]

Love this thanks for posting.

[eduardoritos]

It's fun and instrucitve how Pat Metheny splains his idea of a good melody: Happy Birthday.
Check the P.Metheny interview with Rick Beato.