More about how to teach fractal geometry with music.

Australian Mathematics Teacher | March 22, 2009| | Copyright

Padula (2005) described how mathematics teachers can channel the passion of students interested in electronic music by teaching the mathematics that has been used to create it. She hypothesised that the study and enjoyment of music may help the study of mathematics since both mathematics and music are symbol systems and pattern (and its recognition) are important to both.

Some excellent music has been composed on and for the computer by composers Gyorgy Ligeti and Charles Wuorinen, (Quaglia, 2000), and Larry Sitsky (Nisbet, 1991); however much of it would not engage ...

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