Math and Music

A great learning tool is being able to take what you learn in one class, and connect it with another. I've always hear that music and math are related. This is mainly said in a way that mean musicians are supposed to be good at math...this is not true because I am HORRIBLE with math. But I remembered a video I saw a while ago and thought that this could be the new meaning to math and music being related

What Pi Sound Like is a video made to represent the different digits of pi in a musical form. After watching the video, a musician will be able to recognize that though there is music being made, it doesn't really portray any recognizable melody...there is some aspect missing that could really change this music into a lasting, and memorable piece for students.

This video could be used in a lesson in which students will have to re-vamp the music in some mathematical way (again, I'm horrible at math, so don't expect a specific example) to make it so they could remember and sing back the song, therefore remember the first 30-something digits of pi. This is a great starter assignment that could be modified to any other subject. Eventually, your students will end up with a method to composing music, using musical elements, while also incorporating other subject matter that could later be used as a study method and during tests to help remember answers.

I think that this is a great example and resource for creating new and revamped lesson plans in the music classroom. It incorporates all of the important parts of learning music.

-Connecting other subject
-Composition
-Performance
-Theory
-Technology