Teaching Physics with Music

• Autores: Gordon P. Ramsey
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 53, Nº. 7, 2015, pág. 415
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The uniting of two seemingly disparate subjects in the classroom provides an interesting motivation for learning. Students are interested in how these subjects can possibly be integrated into related ideas. Such is the mixture of physics and music. Both are based upon mathematics, which becomes the interlocking theme. The connecting physical properties of sound and music are waves and harmonics. The introduction of instruments, including the voice, to the musical discussion allows the introduction of more advanced physical concepts such as energy, force, pressure, fluid dynamics, and properties of materials. Suggestions on how to teach physics concepts in the context of music at many levels are presented in this paper.