I hate to say "every week" or "every whatever" because then there is a pressure applied. I'm going to start Saturdays off happy, though. I'd like to say video, because I enjoy a nice clip from time to time, but then what if there's not a good video that week? I hate to paint myself into a corner, but I can promise happy whether it's a video, cute cat, or whatever fun I've stumbled across. We have a lot of stupidity and ugliness in the news to wade through, so we earn a little giggle now and then.
This week, I have Bobby McFerrin demonstrating the pentatonic scale. McFerrin is probably best known for "Don't Worry, Be Happy" but was actually raised around classical music.
This is one of the things I dig about music so much. You don't have to know the science and rules of music to appreciate it. As a race, a species, we understand a universal language. McFerrin says everywhere he goes, every audience is on board. Every time. It reminds me of the awe that makes me play, that feeling you get when the notes are just right and it rings every nerve in your body. That we know those rules without knowing them but can still have our own personal taste is just another reason why music can be as powerful as it is entertaining.
Enjoy!
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