VIDEO: TED-Ed Music and math - The genius of Beethoven

[Ryan Goble]

Wonderful TED-Ed on Math and music using Beethoven. Talk about pictures in the head...woza;

Full TED-Ed Lesson HERE.

Here is a sample of the TED-Ed 'Dig Deeper' resources:

Frequency and Music

Our abilities to recognize patterns in music using sine waves help to “see” innovative ways of problem-solving. For teachers, a great introduction to teaching frequency theory can be found here (http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lesson.aspx?id=2359). Students might enjoy discussing the activity found in NCTM Illuminations to explore more with the mathematics of music.

Sound travels through energy in the form of wavelengths, which can be described using the function of the form f(x) = A sin (B x). For a nice overview of sine waves, watch The Math of Music.