CCC Math Instructor Explains How Music and Math Are Intertwined |
From: Caitlin Wright Clatsop Community College CCC Math Instructor Explains How Music and Math Are Intertwined Did you know that the series of notes DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO, which make up the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical show tune Do-Re-Mi in The Sound of Music, are the tones that comprise the Pythagorean diatonic scale? The Greeks understood the close relationship that mathematics and music possess and now you can also. Please join Richard Beveridge as he discusses the construction of the European twelve-tone even-tempered scale, other even-tempered scales and the difficulties that are encountered in constructing musical scales. “These difficulties,” Mr. Beveridge says, “generally have to do with the relationships that exist among the different notes.” The majority of the mathematics portion of the discussion will focus on ratios. However, the use of logarithms will be addressed as well as continued fractions, a more advanced math. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend as the presentation is designed to be accessible to the general public. Mr. Beveridge has been a Math Instructor at Clatsop Community College since 2004. He earned a BS degree in Mathematics at the University of Maine; a BA degree in French at the University of Virginia; a MA degree in Mathematics from the University of Maine; and his MEd. from Oklahoma City University. The presentation will be held Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. in the Library Conference Room at Clatsop Community College. For more information about this event, please contact: Richard Beveridge at (503) 338-2332 or RBeveridge@clatsopcc.edu Clatsop Community College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. ADA accessible.
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