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Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:04 pm
by TGMatt
About this talk
In this fun, 3-min performance from the World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired.
About Bobby McFerrin
"One of the natural wonders of the music world," 10-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin's chart-topper "Don't Worry Be Happy" is one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century.
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:41 pm
by johnrfeeney
that was both interesting and fascinating - especially the comments on the site
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:07 am
by izzyhara
This was so cool. Smart, fascinating, and joyous.
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:56 am
by neverfoundthetime
Yeah! I've seen a few workshop-like sessions on TV with Bobby McFerrin and he's brilliant.
Loved that, dancing all over our brains!
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:15 pm
by tom18
Very cool video Matt. Thanks for posting.
Tom
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:25 pm
by Lavallee
Very interesting video, Matt
I like his comment on the fact that every crowd he tried that, responded in the same way.
Marc
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:04 pm
by d_dog
That was amazing! Great post, I'd love to see that whole show, anyone know where to find it?
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:20 pm
by cosmicmechanic
d_dog wrote:
That was amazing! Great post, I'd love to see that whole show, anyone know where to find it?
Try this, a number of excerpts from the "World Science Festival" event.
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/video
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:10 pm
by millponddave
Just shows that music is the universal language, cool.
Dave
Re:Check this out - Bobby Mcferrin the pentatonic scale and neuroscience..
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:42 pm
by d_dog
Thanks Cosmic for the link and Matt for bringing this up. I just watched the entire hour or more, long session from this series: Notes & Neurons - In Search of the Common Chorus.
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/vid ... urons-full
Absolutely fantastic! It's long but well worth the watch.