Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Math With Jake: Transposition Using Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
Composer and ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro describes the concept of transposing notes in music and how ratios are applied in this video from Center for Asian American Media. Shimabukuro explains how to transpose music written in the...
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...