Category: Elementary Music Blog
Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Section
| February 28, 2012 | Filled under Elementary Music Blog |
The children will be deepening their understanding of the Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Section by designing, drawing and creating using art paper and colors. They will see the connection between math, music and the production of musical sounds.
Water Colourful Music
| February 13, 2012 | Filled under Elementary Music Blog |
The children listen to three music compositions. Using water colours they paint what comes to their imaginations while listening to these different excerpts. Below, you will find the three examples we will use, which are all connected with the musical inspirations of Wassily Kandinsky.
Fibonacci Series
| January 31, 2012 | Filled under Elementary Music Blog |
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This week we’ve been looking at the Fibonacci series and how they are used in music.
Elementary Music Meets Maths
| January 31, 2012 | Filled under Elementary Music Blog |
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Music is Cross Curricular: Maths The children learn the etymology of the word music, its root. They learned about the nine muses, the daughters of Zeus, and specifically his daughter EUTERPE, inspiration for MUSIC according to Greek Mythology. Pythagoras, the great ancient father of math and music discovered how the sounds can be altered…
Elementary Music Meets Science
| January 24, 2012 | Filled under Elementary Music Blog |
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Music is cross curricular: Science We started this module by introducing the children to sounds from a NASA recording from the planet Saturn. The children are asked to describe what they heard. The Greeks and Romans thought that there were 7 planets. The children went on to discover the importance of the number 7, naming examples…
