Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Talking about expectations. Expectations. Watch Okay Yeah! What's interesting to me about that is regardless of where I am-- anywhere. Every audience gets that. But it doesn't matter what you know that's just you know. The pentatonic scale--for some reason. if you're looking for a job in neuroscience.

Channel: World Science Festival

Views: 10,480,262

Rating: 4.9628859 out of 5

Keywords: Bobby McFerrin, Notes and Neurons, music science, music and the brain, neuroscience, improvisation, Bobby McFerrin improvisation, Megafauna, Musical artist, neurons, rhythm, science festival, scientist, sound, Search of the Common Chorus, music, the science of music, universal, melody, Don't Worry Be Happy (Composition), John Schaefer, Daniel Levitin, Jamshed Bharucha, Lawrence Parsons, New York, 2009, world science festival

Id: ne6tB2KiZuk

Length: 3min 4sec (184 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 23 2009

Reddit Comments

[u/eltwitcho82]

I love this video as well as this one where he gets the audience to perform Ave Maria while he performs a Bach prelude A Cappella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LcvpXmb74

[u/[deleted]]

Cool. Very, very cool. I've got to add him to my bucket list, seeing him perform live, that is.

[u/profbucko]

This is more exciting than that time I saw Bobby McFerrin fall down all those stairs

[u/ladystetson]

Did he just turn an entire crowd into a keyboard?!?!?!? WHoa!

[u/nazi-titties]

Youtube comment -

What instrument do you play?

Bobby: "The crowd"

[u/ssovm]

Back in youth orchestra, he was invited to conduct our lesson while in town for his concert. Fantastic teacher. Afterwards, he signed my viola ("you want me to sign... on the instrument??"), and we all got free tickets to his concert where he made the audience perform. Just a super talented and nice guy. Easily one of the more memorable experiences from youth orchestra (the other was meeting Yo Yo Ma).

[u/plasticshoe]

so fucking dope, saw him in a hotel in Santa Monica, sitting by himself, he was just munchin' on fries like any other human.

[u/orxT1000]

He's a magician. Here is Bobby directing 70k people at an amateur choir festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81uJZIF9TCs&t=3m

As they are german, he's got to tell them 'don't clap'

[u/crazypnut]

If you think that's neat, watch him perform "Drive" - solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbHEHQQsjkQ

I'd love to see him duet/duel with Rahzel.