Harry Partch and the Better(stranger) Tomorrows

In stark contrast to the exploration of latent musical patterns that appear to be present in all cultures that Bobby McFerrin explored(as mentioned in yesterday’s post), Harry Partch was one of the systematic innovators of music in the twentieth century. He sought to imitate natural sounds of machinery and speech more closely than the traditional [...]

Bobby Mcferrin builds an invisible keyboard choir

On the subject of neroscience and music, at the World Science Festival recently Bobby McFerin demonstrated an the ability of non-musicians to recognize patterns in music, and convinces them to sing along with his dancing. it appears that everyone knows the pentatonic scale. World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic [...]