# The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Fellows Retreat 2015
- Speaker: Meklit Hadero
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Languages and linguistics, Art, architecture and design, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds)
- 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)

Using examples from birdsong, the natural lilt of emphatic language and even a cooking pan lid, singer-songwriter and TED Fellow Meklit Hadero shows how the everyday soundscape, even silence, makes music. "The world is alive with musical expression," she says. "We are already immersed."

## Lectures

1. [The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds/3d9f40d44a00), 13 min (TED's player)