Bobby mcferrin jumps along the stage to create a song with. He peers over the edge of the cliff, acknowledges the void below, and dives head first, buoyed by the element of surprise. Writing and singing the successful tune dont worry be happy, mcferrin is no stranger to skillfully playing a. Oh, and if mcferrin ever plays in the city where you live. 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 mcferrin and pentatonic scales fifth music medium. They are still used all over the world, for example traditional music, country music, blues and metal. How to teach the pentatonic scale resources for music. Posted in rvideos by uohnowait 12,151 points and 641 comments. Is it just me, or is bobby getting on the grey side.
Improvisational genius bobby mcferrin uses audience participation to demonstrate the power of the pentatonic scale or at least the audiences familiarity with it. Bobby mcferrin and voicesthe four other improv singers with himare wonderful to hear and watch. Bobby mcferrin tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. Musician bobby mcferrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired. In this tutorial were going to study one of the most fun scales. They are put in order of difficulty with songs suitable for beginner level players first followed by intermediate and then advanced examples. Music the note that happens right before that c is an noise a. This is bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale by elodie et brice on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who. 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. Musician bobby mcferrin has made quite a name for himself over the years. Bobby mcferrin gets an entire audience to sing a pentatonic. In this live demonstration, musician bobby mcferrin uses audience participation shows that, when given two notes, the other notes of the pentatonic scale can be reliably elicited.
Mcferrin, at this point, however, has not taught them the full pentatonic scale, but the audience can still provide the last note, with octave equivalency nonetheless. Oct 22, 2009 i absolutely love this mindtrip bobby mcferrin takes the audience on here by just using the pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale in emg covering the whole fretboard. A pentatonic scale is any scale with 5 notes in it, and there are lots of them.
He wants to be able to create something that infuses the sounds of les claypool and geddy lee. Which composers use the pentatonic scale, and why isnt it. Root 2 b3 5 6 notice that this is only 1 note different from the major pentatonic scale, the 3rd has been flattened. Day of song bobby mcferrin in veltins arena your music, kinds of music, bobby. Do people instinctively know the sound patterns of the pentatonic scale. Its a great scale to start with on guitar, we can use open strings and that makes the scale easy to learn. But we really dont care about that, especially for beginner players. The audience was primed, tooi guess they knew to expect audience participation. Musical artist bobby mcferrin directs his audience in a demonstration of the power of the pentatonic scale at the event notes neurons. The purple dots indicate where both scales overlap.
All right, if you remember when we played the scale. The fretboard is shown with the lowest pitch string at the bottom and the highest pitch string at the top unless youve tuned your instrument differently. Famous musician bobby mcferrin wanted to demonstrate how universal this 5note scale is. How to combine the major and minor pentatonic scales. Europeans at this time, and going forward into the 1900s. Jul 28, 2015 bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale. Power of pentatonic scale demonstration by bobby mcferrin. Bobby mcferrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale. You will be intrigued by how humans process thoughts and think.
Well, now we are going to change one and only one note, and the scale will be completely different. Bobby mcferrin demonstrating the power of the pentatonic scale. Here is an an amazing clip by bobby mcferrin most of us know him as the man who sang dont worry be happy. The entire concert was improvised, created in the moment, and fun. So scales ai theres many, many, many books of scales, big encyclopedias of scales, but id like to show you the most practical scales that i use every single day. Years ago, when my children were young, we danced around the house to bobby mcferrins hush album. If you know your scales that makes finding another pentatonic scale easy its just a major scale with two notes missing notes 4 and 7 understanding tones and semitones.
Now if i start that scale on the note a, it sounds like this. I was reading a thread on talkbass while eating in which the original poster asked for advice on constructing bass lines. These songs are all great examples of using the pentatonic scale to play melodies, riffs, lead guitar solos and bass lines. Normal, or full major or minor scales have seven different notes, while pentatonic scales have only 5 notes hence pent. Dec 17, 2010 in this live demonstration, musician bobby mcferrin uses audience participation shows that, when given two notes, the other notes of the pentatonic scale can be reliably elicited. On the guitar, we can play the same scale in a great variety of fretboard positions. 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. It was revitalized by western composers in the 19th century. Pentatonic scale has notes that when played generate a pleasant melody, even if it is just the.
The only thing you need to make sure is to use the a mixolydian pentatonic on a7, the d mixolydian pentatonic on d7 and the e mixolydian. Also on stage are panelists jamshed bharucha, provost and senior vice president of tufts university. If you start on c, you get the notes c, g, d, a, and e. You cant really talk about soloing on the guitar without understanding pentatonic scales. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale. Jun 18, 2018 these songs are all great examples of using the pentatonic scale to play melodies, riffs, lead guitar solos and bass lines. Until i saw this clip i never realized what an amazing teacher he was too. Under the faqs at you can download the software for free. Impressive demonstration at the 2009 world science festival. Today we will look at creating the mixolydian scale by combining some major pentatonic with its parallel minor pentatonic. Here is another way of seeing the mixolydian pentatonic on the fretboard. The pentatonic scale chose 5 from these notes and created another scale, this is why it is called penta. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale discussion in miscellaneous bg started by bassybill, sep, 2009. Watch bobby mcferrin make his audience sing a complex pentatonic scale without even trying 22 august 2016, 15.
Watch bobby mcferrin make his audience sing a complex. Since in a dominant blues you are using only seventh chords if the blues is in a you are using a7, d7, and e7, then the mixolydian pentatonic scale is a nice alternative to the usual minor pentatonic. Or is the pentatonic scale simply so common in western music that it has become ingrained in all of our minds. Bobby mcferrin gets an entire audience to sing a pentatonic scale without words.
Its not bad, but on a completely different scale altogether. 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. The minor pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale used in the blues, rock and many other styles of music including folk, soul and jazz. Bobby mcferrins improvinspired vocabularies april 9, 2010 the vocalists name has been part of the worldmusic lexicon for more than two decades, and his infectious 1988 megahit dont. The very first scale i ever learned, i like to call it pentatonic pattern number 1, but its just a pentatonic scale, or a shape of one. Show me chords that sound good with a g major pentatonic scale. Jump to select open chord a a7 am e em e7 d d7 dm b7 g. After taking a closer look, i realized it was bobby mcferrin demonstrating the pentatonic scale to an audience. Although various hemitonic pentatonic scales might be called minor, the term is most commonly applied to the relative minor pentatonic derived from the major pentatonic, using scale tones 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the natural minor scale. Is there a base level of musical knowledge in all of us, just waiting to be tapped. In search of the common chorus at the world science festival in 2009, the very talented bobby mcferrin stood up from his chair and proceeded to instruct the audience to sing with him.
Please take 30 seconds to register your free account to remove most ads, post topics, make friends, earn reward points at our store, and more. Starting on c this produces c d e g a a five note scale, hence the name pentatonic. Bobby uses dense rhythms, extraordinary scales, and complicated intervals that accomplished musicians and educators have studied and dissected. In search of the common chorusfrom the 2009 world science festival. When you are playing a song in the key of a, you can use either scale to create melodies and lead lines. The power of the pentatonic scale science the guardian. The pentatonic scale is formed of notes 1 2 3 5 and 6 of the major scale.
The dorian pentatonic scale is built from the following interval pattern. Hell probably do the thing you see in this video, and more. The methacton school district is committed to ensuring that all material on its website is accessible to students, faculty, staff and the general public. Look at this video you are going to absolutely love it. Bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic. I was searching for music educationrelated videos on youtube recently and stumbled upon an amazing video of what looked like a scientific convention. Humans are pattern finding creatures, and we find patterns within music, math, drum beats, shapes, etc, and virtually all activities. The major pentatonic scale is formed by taking the 5 fifths in succession.
The power of the pentatonic scale teaching with orff. Watch bobby mcferrin make his audience sing a complex pentatonic scale without even trying. 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. Dec 04, 2011 bobby mcferrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale. Which composers use the pentatonic scale, and why isnt it used more often. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. Aug 01, 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. Music and this is the c major pentatonic scale music now if i want to start that scale one degree earlier, i would end up starting it on the note a. Sep 30, 2009 the major pentatonic scale is formed by taking the 5 fifths in succession.
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