Stephen Mithen questions the elitism that has been associated with music in the west, instead observing that music is something that pervades everything we do.

Bobby McFerrin tells two stories about villagers in Botswana and the ways music is incorporated into their life, which shaped the way he creates music.

Yo Yo Ma performs a sarabande from Bach's 5th Cello suite and explains the history of the sounds in this particular piece have travelled through different cultures.

In this lesson, students will learn about the elements of music and will design and conduct their own scientific experiments on how people respond to music.

The media resources for the lesson plan for the Music Instinct, "Experimental Music."