# Watch me play ... the audience!

- Institution: TED
- Department: World Science Festival
- Speaker: Bobby McFerrin
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_watch_me_play_the_audience)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this fun, 3-min performance from the World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired.

## Lectures

1. [Watch me play ... the audience!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bobby_mcferrin_watch_me_play_the_audience/3c7b8d4ec9cf), 4 min (TED's player)