Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Pentatonic Scale
World Science Festival · Demo · 3 min · 2009 · YouTube title: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale | World Science Festival
Why it's here
HN shares it as a delightful demo of the pentatonic scale's near-universal appeal and of a crowd syncing without instruction.
What it covers
Bobby McFerrin uses audience participation at a World Science Festival event to demonstrate how instinctively people follow the pentatonic scale.