The Power Of Music and the Pentatonic Scale

What is it about people and music that makes the two inseparable? The TED post that I chose has to do with both. The name of it is "Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music".  Bobby McFerrin used music to communicate to a room full of people and never says a word. Being a professional musician for 20 years, I have always been amazed by people, who have never play instruments and still have an ear for good music. I call them some of the world’s greatest musicians. What is it about the art of no words, people, and music that makes the three “ONE.


The beauty of this TED video is that Bobby McFerrin did not use words to build trust with the audience, he uses the “pentatonic scale”. I do not believe that the audience was aware that they would be singing and entertaining themselves when they saw Bobby McFerrin. The audience was completely involved in singing notes and eventually took trust to another level. The trust factor is important because he never used words to get his audience to sing the notes that he sang to them. They took control of their own musical capabilities and figured out a way to sing with the movement of his body. 

I was personally inspired while watching Bobby McFerrin and it led me to this thought. Music is a universal language and people do not have to speak the same language in order to communicate. This video showed the audience and me that one could communicate and trust without talking. The use of body language and common sense is an attribute to a world of new possibilities. The audience trusted one another and they communicated with one tone at a time. The panel that watched this was just as amazed. I will end this by saying “ Music is the greatest inspiration for communication”. 

Please check out Bobby McFerrin's website at: http://bobbymcferrin.com/ 

TED. (2010). http://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music.html