TED Talks on Music

This list is NOT exhaustive. Feel free to search YouTube on your own! (List complied by Katie McKnight)

 

• Your Brain on Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZFFwy5fwYI

• The Transformative Power of Classical Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LCwI5iErE

• How Sampling Transformed Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3TF-hI7zKc

• Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk

• How to Truly Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3V6zNER4g

• How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0JKCYZ8hng

• Reggie Watts Disorients You in the Most Entertaining Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHK_r9RXTc

• Copyrighting All the Melodies to Avoid Accidental Infringement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtm0MoOgiU

• The Mad Scientist of Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46w99bZ3W_M

• 4 Simple Steps To Writing A Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0K_xcSqhxQ

• How to Practice Effectively...For Just About Anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2O6mQkFiiw

• Music as a Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zvjW9arAZ0

• How I Found Myself Through Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS2aI-c3Q8A

• Finding a Place Through Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOHVw_qktoM

• Hit Song Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELeUv-PyXBE

• The Illusion of the Shy Musician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yRFXZHl_g

• The Polyphonic Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIh8KBOOkYU

• The World’s Ugliest Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENk9PK06AQ

• What the Music Industry Really Sells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVcXFBHvrc

• A One-Man Musical Phenomenon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZoGcQVjJg

• A Different Way to Visualize Rhythm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UphAzryVpY

• Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxT0mRGuoY

• The Science of Dubstep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8s8e8JdGCc

• How Music Can Heal Our Brain and Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlY4yCsGKXU

• Music and the Inner Self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUUFb-1hBtw

• A Musical Genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UotQ5T-f1o

• Why Most Piano Players Fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-cbdnP0Hyc

• The Harmonic Series In Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDFa8TSn6vY

• Pop Music is Stuck on Repeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjFwcmHy5M

• Why We Love Repetition in Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lo8EomDrwA

• What if Every Child Had Access to Music Education From Birth?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqgenARzlE

• Music is Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOFfuLoHoMo

• The Power of Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmF_HbP-jd0

• The Power of Musicals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENzjqwGcb8Q

• The Orchestra In My Mouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFjIi2hxxf0

• How to Translate the Feeling Into Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5yxIzs5Wug

• Beatbox Brilliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY

• TED Ed List of Videos by Category (can search by subject matter): https://ed.ted.com/lessons?content_type=animations+talks&category=performing-arts&direction=desc&sort=publish-date