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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 2016
Page
7
A brief note about teaching rhythm through math using time signatures like 3/4 and 4/4. It links syllable counts in songs such as Rock-a-Bye Baby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to fractions and beat groups. Encourages finding other fractions totaling one.
A teacher or friend lends a guitar and by fretting half the string length, the open pitch rises with shorter vibration. The two notes sound the same yet differ as an octave, linking harmony to the 2 to 1 string ratio and octave concept. The major scale on white keys C to C illustrates low and high do as same note in different octaves.
A compact study item explores beat, rhythm and pattern in music theory, linking whole and half notes to octaves and scales. It emphasizes major concepts, measure structure, tempo and harmony within simple song examples.
The article explains sheet music as a two dimensional graph with time on the horizontal axis and pitch on the vertical axis. It notes that note duration and frequency create a visual map of musical structure and melody.
The National Museum of Mathematics runs contests inviting teachers and students to write math songs. Create or adapt a tune to illustrate concepts learned in school, turning numbers and ideas into melodies.
At the library a program titled Music Math explores different interpretations of fractions led by Kathleen Collins. The session connects math concepts to musical patterns and rhythms for readers of varied ages.
The Mini Page thanks Dr. Larry Lesser, UT El Paso mathematics education professor, for help with this issue as Eco Note Iion presents an Eco Note on math themed ideas.
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