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Name: Music and Math
ID: m11638
Language: English (en)
Summary: An overview of some of the math concepts that are relevant to music. Includes suggestions for classroom activities for grades 3-7 that use music to illustrate a math concept, as well as reviews of the math necessary for older students to understand some music theory and acoustics.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: decimals, fractions, frequency, music, powers, ratio, rhythm, roots, sets
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 1.5 (history)
Created: Oct 23, 2003 9:34 am GMT-5
Revised: Apr 6, 2005 2:34 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.5 Apr 6, 2005 2:34 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added link
Version: 1.4 Feb 2, 2004 9:38 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Broken up into smaller modules
Version: 1.3 Nov 3, 2003 3:31 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added links and more explanation in section on roots and powers.
Version: 1.2 Oct 31, 2003 12:32 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Finished module
Version: 1.1 Oct 29, 2003 3:00 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New (unfinished) module

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