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 key of C to the key of F using ratios. The accompanying classroom activity helps students transpose a popular children's song from the key of C to the key of F.

Concepts

ratios

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pbs, ratio application

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional