Jacob Collier Explains How He Sees Music as a ‘Wiggle’ Rather Than a Straight Line

During a TED Talk in Vancouver, the incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier told the audience that he sees music as a wiggle" rather than a straight line, describing the wiggle as the fluid energy connecting melody, rhythm, and harmony. Collier demonstrated the concept using Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World".

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.

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