Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Bobby McFerrin Makes Magic with the Pentatonic Scale and an Unsuspecting Audience

This is a fascinating and beautiful demonstration of the universality of music (via @timoreilly on Twitter)…

It’s captivating to hear the audience sing the fifth in the pentatonic scale with no coaching at 1:58.  You can hear the crowd’s excitement grow as they keep pace with McFerrin up and down the scale across two octaves.
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“My, My, My”: An Appreciation

I love early 90’s R&B.  My friend, Cristee, calls it “Devon Music.”  My kids are now highly qualified to identify “a jam” on the radio.  I still love the musicians that helped create the soundtrack to my teenage years.  Jodeci… Karyn White… Brian McKnight… Babyface… Troop… BLACKstreet… Janet Jackson… Mint Condition… Guy… SWV… Boyz II [...]