Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin

The universality and innate nature of music, and the pentatonic scale, as demonstrated by singer Bobby McFerrin.
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    The universality and innate nature of music, and the pentatonic scale, as demonstrated by singer Bobby McFerrin. 
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