Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale

every now and then the universe chucks out a genius like this... cherish thtem

OK...without getting all technical. This was Video was Simply Great! The audience response was amazing! No matter what the science is behind it, they responded as they should have.

im interested in watching the rest of this... where can i find it?

@drcoombez he also took a bigger step inferring a bigger interval

He didn't infer; he sang it FOR them. That's the point. All the audience had to do was match his pitch when he hopped down that minor third. He could have hopped down a minor 7th and they would have matched it. My understanding here is that this video is totally mind-blowing to people who have no prior exposure to the study of music/music education/music and the brain. Sorry for moving in on the "wonder" with my hopes for an informed discussion about tonal perception. Enjoy the video.

A panel of NEURO SCIENTISTS are amazed as well, yet you, the lone YouTuber are clearly more enlightened than them?

What the fuck ever dude, he gave them 3 notes out of 11, they figured out the rest on their own, the point still stands that the pentatonic scale is programmed into our brains. Stop trying to be "internet warrior" and just enjoy the fucking video, or are you just trying to bring it down because you wish you had thought of it?

Mmm, one of those 3 notes created the interval that separates the pentatonic scale from the diatonic scale. If you'd like to discuss further why this means that the only point NOT proven is that the pentatonic scale is programmed in us...or that musical perception is an area of special interest in neurology, not studied by your average brain scientist, i'd be happy to discuss.

If you'd like to get as heated over something like this as your comment suggests, please enjoy your closed-mindedness.

you're trollin. he was still teaching them. the magnificence happens when he goes all over the place.

There is nothing impressive about that to me. The human brain is a wonder, but Bobby McFerrin isn't the first to "hack" it. In other words, what happens in this video is no surprise at all. If you want to see magnificent, try observing 4-year-old students in a general music classroom. They'll blow your mind.

You're missing the point of the video. Its not focusing on the scale. His presentation is about the crowd being able to infer what the next notes will be. He explains 3 notes out of the 11, that's pretty impressive.