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Devin Knutson

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Audience As Instrument
« on: August 06, 2009, 01:22:18 AM »

This is deeply fascinating to me.  I've thought on several occasions that the pentatonic scale seems to be hardwired in all of us somehow.


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Bobby McFerrin at the World Science Festival. He is demonstrating neural programming, using audience expectations based on the pentatonic scale.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/audience-as-instrument
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Re: Audience As Instrument
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2009, 10:25:30 AM »

Don't Worry, be Hop-py.


That's actually pretty amazing.
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Re: Audience As Instrument
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2009, 10:47:42 AM »

he increased the size of his steps between the larger intervals..

that's pretty neat..
the audience is quite in tune..
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