Music and math
The Open University's Alan Graham shares his knowledge on the link between music and math, and his band Betty's Kitchen perform several songs and talk...
Pitch and time
This track looks at the relationship between pitch and time in musical notation and illustrates how vibrations produce musical notes and how pitch is ...
Musical frequencies
This track shows us how tuning forks produce sine waves and uses the oscilloscope to demonstrate how different instruments produce different sine wave...
Sine curves
Alan Graham, of The Open University, explains the mathematical origin of sine curves and also uses a bodhrán (Irish frame drum) for an example.
Octaves and scales
This track explores the relationships between notes and scales on a keyboard through the use of three popular scales.
Rhythmic patterns
Alan Graham of The Open University explains how he used a simple mathematical diagram to play a musical rhythm of 3/2, and demonstrates the beat on th...