Posts tagged math and music
Make Mathemusic with Me at Bridges
Click to get the Bridges workshop worksheet!
Here’s what I wrote about the workshop for my Scientific American blog Roots of Unity:
Later this week, I’ll be heading to Baltimore for the annual Bridges Math+Art conference. I’ve written about Bridges before, but this is my first time attending. The conference has presentations on everythi [...]
On Mathematics Education and Music Ed...
This connection between mathematics education and music education has been made several times, especially in mathematics education circles. Paul Lockhart’s famous Mathematician’s Lament starts with an analogy between math education and music education. We would be appalled if music students weren’t allowed touch their instruments until they h [...]
A Twelve-Tone Trip Down Memory Lane
Last week Vi Hart posted a wonderful 30-minute video on twelve-tone music, and it really took me back!
(If the video doesn’t load for you, watch it on YouTube.)
Ten years ago, I hadn’t yet decided I wanted to do math. In fact, I was enjoying my music theory classes immensely, and I thought I might study it in graduate school. In [...]
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