Mathematical Patterns In Music

Mark Van Doren said "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery".

* Rhythm Patterns

Karen Sawyers and Janet Hutson-Brandhagen observe...

"Music is organized in mathematical ways: its melodies, rhythms, and harmonies are built on recurring mathematical patterns and sequences. To children, music is play in every sense of the word. In addition, early experiences with music that are successful and fun prepare children to be successful in other areas of learning, particularly math in their own way and in their own time."

The impact of music on the development of reasoning skills instrumental in math problem solving is great.


Music Patterns

http://graham.main.nc.us/~bhammel/MUSIC/compose.html

Mathematical patterns In Music

http://www.mathmuseum.org/description2.html

Arpeggio Chord Pattern

http://www.zebrakeys.com/lessons/beginner/improvisation/?id=20

Broken Chord Pattern

http://www.zebrakeys.com/lessons/beginner/improvisation/?id=19

Double Chord Pattern

http://www.zebrakeys.com/lessons/beginner/improvisation/?id=8

Root Chord Pattern

http://www.zebrakeys.com/lessons/intermediate/improvisation/?id=35

Rhythmic Patterns

http://www.playpianotoday.com/introl.html

Breakthrough Study Proves Music Instruction
Vastly Increases A Child's Intelligence...


University of California, Irvine:


Music lessons strengthen the links between brain neurons and actually build new pathways between the neurons improving spatial reasoning according to a study conduced by Psychologist Frances Rauscher at University of California, Irvine.

The study compared pre-schoolers who took as little as 15 minutes per week of music/keyboard instruction with contemporaries who received no extra-curricular musical education. After a short eight-month period Rausher's data concluded. The results are astonishing:

A 46% increase in IQ is prevalent in the study group that received music/keyboard instruction!

Rauscher is so convinced that musical instruction is vital to the cognitive development of children that she shared her findings at a gathering of her American Psychologist Association colleagues, "Music instruction can improve a child's spatial intelligence for long periods of time - perhaps permanently." She added, "If parents can't afford lessons, they should at least buy a musical keyboard, or sing regularly with their kids and involve them in musical activities."

This study and many others like it confirm that musical instruction - in particular Keyboard instruction simply makes our kids smarter.

Love Story- Taylor Swift

My piano students #1 choice to play piano by ear this new year is Taylor Swift's
"Love Story". It's a beautiful arrangement in the Key of D and modulates to E...
Love Story-Taylor Swift vid+tutorial horsegirl15

Love Story Sheet Music

http://horsegirl15.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-10-11T10%3A04%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7
Love Story- Taylor Swift Chord Chart
Intro: C G Am F
C
We were both young when i first saw you
F
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
Am F
I'm standing there on a balcony of summer air
C
See the lights, See the party the ball gowns
F
I see you make your way through the crowd
Am
You say hello
G
Little did I know
F G
That you were romeo you were throwing pebbles
Am C
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
F
And i was crying on the staircase
G Am C
Begging you please don't go, and I said
C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
G
I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run
Am
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
F G C
Its a love story baby just say yes
C
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
F
We keep quite because we're dead if they know
Am
So close your eyes
G
Let's keep this down for a little while
F G
Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter
Am C
and my daddy said stay away from Juliet
F
But you were everything to me
G Am C
and I was begging you please don't go and I said
C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
G
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
Am
You be the prince I'll be the princess
F G C
Its a love story baby just say yes
C
Romeo save me, try to tell me how it is
G
This love is difficult, but its real,
Am
Save me from the breakdown, make it out of looseness
F G
Its a love story baby just say yes, oh
Solo: C G Am F
Am F C G
I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around
Am F
My faith in you was fading
C G
Then I met you on the outskirts of town and I said
C
Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
G
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Am
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
F G
He nelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said
D
Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone
A
I love you and thats all I really know
Bm
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
G A D
It's a love story baby just say yes
D A Bm
Oh, oh, yes
G D
We were very young when I first saw you

http://www.webguitartabs.com/guitar-tabs/t/taylor-swift-love-story-238270.php
Taylor Swift - CMA awards 2008 - Love Story

More music resources

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Warm Up Exercises

Exercises to warm up hands before piano playing was never meant to be boring!
I personally have Willie's dvd on warmups and highly recommend it. Have a listen:

Learn the piano - warmups and improvisation - jazz piano



Learn my warm-up and improvisation routine to build your independence and creativity at your instrument.

* 5 Finger Major Scales Exercises

* Major Scales- 2 octaves


* Harmonic minor scale- 2 octaves

* Quartal Exercise- play quartals with both hands one octave apart

* C7, D7 E7 F7 A7 & B7 arpeggio

* Chromatic scale exercise
Here's How to Add Maturity to Your Piano Playing Style!



* Contrary Motion Exercises

Easy Jazz Piano Lessons from JazzPianoLessons.com

Benefits- Improves the quality of piano playing

Piano-Yoga says, "When people just start to play the piano or don’t play regularly, their fingers remain weak. It takes years of regular practice to establish strength in the muscles that work fingers and hands."

http://www.piano-yoga.com/Book/Benefits.aspx

"Just as an athlete needs to warm up properly before more serious exertion, a musician needs to warm up before playing or singing all-out. Players of different instruments utilize different types of warm-ups and can learn a great deal from the way they are structured."
The Collaborative Piano Blog

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