Bobby McFerrin and the Pentatonic Scale

August 3rd, 2009, 3 Comments »

Today I happened upon this delightful video from, oddly, the World Science Festival 2009:

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

While I expect he’s made a great deal of money off of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”, it’s unfortunate that that’s what most people think of when they hear McFerrin’s name. I don’t know much about jazz, but every time I hear him he strikes me as this remarkably capable and original vocalist.

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