A Music Lesson from Bobby McFerrin

Is our response to music hard-wired, or is it culturally determined? That was the topic being explored at an event entitled "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus", from the 2009 World Science Festival held last year on June 12.

In this clip, the inimitable Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale:



You see the full event here.