The power of the pentatonic scale science the guardian. Is there a base level of musical knowledge in all of us, just waiting to be tapped. He wants to be able to create something that infuses the sounds of les claypool and geddy lee. Musician bobby mcferrin has made quite a name for himself over the years. The subject of the thesis was circlesongs by bobby mcferrin, and i got the unique chance to follow him on tour with voicestra in 2008. Until i saw this clip i never realized what an amazing teacher he was too. Singer, songwriter and allround clever person bobby mcferrin is renowned for his ability to use the audience in his. Best place for new music, music news, and loads of boring stuff. Is it just me, or is bobby getting on the grey side. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the basics of teaching tprs. Bobby mcferrin performs a rare concert with his son taylor mcferrin.
Power of pentatonic scale demonstration by bobby mcferrin. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale. For the past six months ive been animating my girlfriend and myself into her favorite movie, sleeping beauty. In 2008 i did my master thesis at the royal academy of music in aarhus, denmark. Have watched justins relevant videos and read the words off the pages in practical music theory. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the basics of teaching. Before getting into the lick, i think its important to understand why you should want to learn this skill. Tonys cherrypicked collection of 50 pentatonic gems will deliver doublebang for your educational buck. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Im driving myself nuts fathoming the caged stystem and the pentatonic scales. In this fun, 3min performance from the world science festival, musician bobby mcferrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our. Download bobby mcferrin 23 album 1982 2010 torrent or any other torrent from the audio music. Then if you have time watch it again and think about how he teaches and what makes him a good teacher. Eastern rebellion simple pleasure 1993, cd discogs.
In search of the common chorus, del world science festival 2009. Marilyn sez, bobby mcferrin uses the pentatonic scale and an audiences expectations to demonstrate neural programming at the world science festival 2009 world science festival. Created with his vocal ensemble, voicestra, the circular like music is at once mesmerizing, hypnotic and uplifting. Here is an an amazing clip by bobby mcferrin most of us know him as the man who sang dont worry be happy. In this clip he is able to teach the concept of pentatonic scales and get a non musical audience to sing and here it while he improvises over the to. Musical artist bobby mcferrin directs his audience in a demonstration of the power of the pentatonic scale at the event notes neurons. The lick we cover in this lesson mimics some of bbs prowess in blending both the a major pentatonic and a minor penta tonic sc ales. Circlesongs is the result of bobbys solo and group vocal explorations that have evolved into his own version of chant and sacred music. With the help of some local redditors, i popped the question in a crowded movie theater.
Impressive demonstration at the 2009 world science festival. Do people instinctively know the sound patterns of the pentatonic scale. I was reading a thread on talkbass while eating in which the original poster asked for advice on constructing bass lines. Watch bobby mcferrin make his audience sing a complex. Mix major and minor pentatonic scales like bb king tb004. Writing and singing the successful tune dont worry be happy, mcferrin is no stranger to skillfully playing a. Tales of music and the brain and musician bobby mcferrin dont worry, be happy. Okay everyone today were going to learn the major pentatonic scale. Bobby mcferrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale. Let me be your ruler ruler you can call me queen bee and baby ill rule, ill rule, ill rule, ill rule. They are still used all over the world, for example traditional music, country music, blues and metal.
Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale discussion in miscellaneous bg started by bassybill, sep, 2009. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale at the 2009 world science festival you can watch the video here. Bobby mcferrin dont worry, be happy piano partitura. Mcferrin and anyway many of the people who watched the video probably thinks the pentatonic scale transcends most human biases as shown by the demonstration, and perhaps is the preferred scale. Bobby solo bobby solo en castellano releases discogs.
The frames oscar garza spoke with bobby and taylor mcferrin about their relationship as. Bobby mcferrin 23 album 19822010 download torrent tpb. How to teach the pentatonic scale resources for music. In this live demonstration, musician bobby mcferrin uses audience participation to show that, when given two notes, the other notes of the pentatonic scale. Also on stage are panelists jamshed bharucha, provost and senior vice president of tufts university. So if you take c major, play the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth notes, there is a pentatonic scale in c major. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to the heptatonic scale, which has seven notes per octave such as the major scale and minor scale pentatonic scales were developed independently by many ancient civilizations. And well never be royals royals it dont run in our blood, that kind of lux just aint for us. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale at the world science festival. Famous musician bobby mcferrin wanted to demonstrate how universal this 5note scale is.
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