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Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Ratios and Music

For Students 9th - 10th
The class notes examine the connections between music and ratios. An example and additional questions on the concept are included.
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Activity
Phil Tulga

Phil Tulga: Fraction Pie Rhythms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using pies, this interactive site allows you to create your own rhythmic songs. A whole pie equals a whole note, a half pie equals a half note and so on. There are also example songs to listen to.
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Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Keys and Scales Are Sets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your students identify sets and intersections of sets with this musical activity. Using the concept of key signatures, students will learn that scales are sets of notes. Included with this lesson plan are downloadable worksheets and...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: A Rhythm Etic

For Students 6th - 8th
Rock out to a musical demonstration of math involved in constructing rhythms from groups of beats in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students consider how the note durations comprising a measure in 3/4 time...