Mathematics and Society - OS X Lion Server

Materials: Written music with a definite melody line--chosen by studentSquared grid paperActivity:I. Pick out the melody notes of a favorite piece of music and record thenumber of times an A occurs, the number of times a B occurs, etc.Record your information in a table like this: Make a bar graph of yourresults.MOTEA B~ B C D" D E:'" E: F FI\- G A"A'" C~ D"lf G" GlIMO. 01' IIM\;'';;II.Which note occurs the greatest number of times?Which notes occur the second and third greatest times?andWhich notes do not occur at all?Try to explain whysome notes occur more often than others.III. A table is given below. See if you can guess in which key the correspondingpiece of music is written.Key oftJOTEA. B" B c D" D E" E F F'* G AI>D"IJO. OF TIMe:. 3 0 3 210 0 17 4 20 0 1 1 0IV.The table above was made from the first part of Scott Joplin's "TheEntertainer" (excluding the first 4 measures of introduction) whichis the theme song for the movie "The Sting." If you can find a copyof the sheet music for "The Entertainer" make a table for each of theparts of this piece of music. How do the tables differ? Can you tellthe part that is in a different key by looking at the tables? (Youcould try this same method on a piece of music of your choice. Be~>ure i.t hC\s several parts--at least one of which is in a different key.)301