[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5732745[/vimeo]
Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival.

Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus”, from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009.

Worth watching, just to see how the audience responds and seems to automatically pick up the pentatonic scale. Maybe it’s an indication of how some aspects of music are hardwired into our brains? Apparently the pentatonic scale has been used in different kinds of music all over the world, so it’s certainly interesting to think about…

For more information check out all the videos from Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus at the World Science Festival website.