This is going around music circles

[solarbird]

This video of Bobby McFerrin demonstrating the pentatonic scale is neat, and more specifically, more interesting than the description makes it sound, because of audience participation. (Relayed to me by Vixy.)

In other news, the ending I wrote for Getting Away With It doesn't get away with a goddamn thing. WHY CAN'T I FIX THIS argh h8

Comments

[mejeep.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the McFerrin video, that's fun and instructional, kinda like PDQ Bach and Victor Borge rolled into one!

[alinsa.livejournal.com]

Wow, that video is... wow. So is the Ben Folds video someone links to in the comments (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40aqIbcc59c). The whole implication that humans have an in-built understanding of musical scales is also... wow.