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Teaching Music with Mathematics: A Pilot Study

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Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM 2019)

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We detail a recently conducted teaching intervention involving the use of mathematics and associated software to teach rhythm and meter to Year 9 pupils. This intervention served as a feasibility and pilot study within a broader project related to the mutual teaching of mathematics and music. Causal conclusions cannot be made due to the lack of a control group, but questionnaires show that 81% of the pupils found interacting with software helped them to understand and visualize mathematical theories of rhythm and meter, and the same percentage think that mathematics and music are related. The two teachers who delivered the program enjoyed the experience and felt the software was beneficial.

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  1. The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia

    Andrew J. Milne

  2. Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Andrea M. Calilhanna

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  2. Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Francisco Gomez-Martin

  3. Technological University of the Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico

    Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino

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Milne, A.J., Calilhanna, A.M. (2019). Teaching Music with Mathematics: A Pilot Study. In: Montiel, M., Gomez-Martin, F., Agustín-Aquino, O.A. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11502. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_34

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