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by cturner 4151 days ago
It is not just western audiences. Pentatonic is cross-cultural.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvfSOP2slk

A good way to find new ideas for music that people will care about listening to is to go back to the pentatonic system, and find new variations to take from there.

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A particularly beautiful example Mr. McFerrin does with various audiences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Irii5pt2qE