# The wiggly wonder of music

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2026
- Speaker: Jacob Collier
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jacob_collier_the_wiggly_wonder_of_music)
- 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: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier has a name for the feeling that moves through a great piece of music: the wiggle. Watch him break down the idea into its three parts — melody, rhythm and harmony — with nothing but his own voice, a grand piano and Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.” Turns out life, like music, was never made to run in straight lines.

## Lectures

1. [The wiggly wonder of music](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jacob_collier_the_wiggly_wonder_of_music/72eb0f6052f8), 11 min (TED's player)