The World Science Festival's "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus" asks:
Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined?
Below, Bobby McFerrin (you know- "Don't Worry, Be Happy", video 2 below) uses the pentatonic scale and the audience to demonstrate neural programming.
Watch the rest of the program here.
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Make Strange Vocalizations, Guttural and Other Sounds
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Loudly whistle with four fingers
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Loudly whistle with one hand
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Beatbox "Wind" by Kenny Muhammed
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That bit on the stage with Bobby McFerrin was pretty entertaining. I wonder if he knows any other songs or any other tricks like that?
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