This excerpt from “Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus” features Bobby McFerrin demonstrating just how universal music is using the Pentatonic Scale. Even without conscious knowledge of what in the world a Pentatonic Scale is, your brain helps fill in the blanks.

Music isn’t called the “Universal Language” for no reason. A popular belief is that hearing music your entire life etches a sort of blueprint into your mind. Your brain decides very early what sounds “right” and what sounds “wrong” in reference to music, chords and scales.

World Science Festival representatives say that the rest of the panel will hit the internet in just a few days.
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