MUSIC AND SCIENCE, Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of pentatonic scale

You may not know anything about music theory or music scales, but you can sing a pentatonic scale. Bobby McFerrin shows it to you:

World Science Festival - Notes and neurons

MUSICAL MYSTERIES - MUSIC GAMES

MUSIC MYSTERIES

This webpage is developed by the BBC although it has no been updated recently. It has simple games in which students can relate a certain piece of music with a mood or perform rhythm games to solve a mistery.

Other posts related to games:

Games about Scheherezade

Hello Beethoven

How to truly listen - An Evelyn Glennie talk

Do you know Evelyn Glennie?

She is a world renowned Scottish percussionist. Despite being deaf she has managed to listen and feel the music.

Her talk to TED is highly recommended:

You can find it with or withour Spanish subtitles.

If you are interested there is also a movie: TOUCH THE SOUND

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The leitmotif technique

The world of castrati

CLASS ROOM DYNAMICS

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