TED: The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds | Meklit Hadero

The video explores the concept of sonic lineages, emphasizing how everyday sounds, nature, and language influence music creation. It discusses the role of birdsong in inspiring musical techniques and highlights the story of Saint Yared, who learned music from birds. The video also examines the musicality inherent in language, using examples from Amharic. John Cage's work on silence is explored, showing how even silence is filled with sound. The video concludes by encouraging viewers to find musical inspiration in everyday sounds, suggesting that the human auditory system may be evolved to perceive music.

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