Bobby Mc Ferrin wrote Don’t Worry Be Happy, the 1988 hit that became record of the year, but this musical genius and vocal innovator has worked with all music forms from Jazz to Classical Music.

“With a four-octave range and a vast array of vocal techniques, McFerrin is no mere singer; he is music’s last true Renaissance Man, a vocal explorer who has combined jazz, folk and a multitude of world music influences – choral, a cappella, and classical music – with his own ingredients. As a conductor he is able to hear orchestrally, and with this gift has expanded his singing to include more imaginative territory then most”

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Here he demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus“, from the World Science Festival, in 2009. Find out more HERE.

WIKI says: A pentatonic scale is a musical sacle with five notes per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale and minor scale. Pentatonic scales are very common and are found all over the world, including… and it goes on like only Wiki can… MORE HERE

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