Pentatonic scales

This post is related to my latest C-365 post. I've been tripping out a bit lately on the power of the pentatonic scale. There's something about the way our brains are wired that really 'fits' this scale. Not only does the entire human race seem to intuitively know how the scale works, we also consistently hear any number of notes from a pentatonic scale in any combination as a pleasing and harmonious sound. Thus, it is a very useful scale for something like my Reaktor autoplayer.

To see what I mean, watch the clip first and then go and have a play with this Tenori-inspired web instrument.

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

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[Huggies]

oh my...the video was cool, the toy is AWESOME. Moreso when I figured out you could click and drag :)