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| ID | 420 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Angela |
| Last Name | Kohlhaas |
| Institution | Loras College |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Using Math to Create Music |
| Abstract | In this talk I will present some of the activities my students engaged in and compositions they created in the math of music portion of my January-term course at Loras College. We will apply fractals to musical form, modular arithmetic to chords, transposition, and serialism, and function transformations to counterpoint. No musical background is needed for this talk. |
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| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | FridayMild |
| Computer Needed? | N |
| Bringing a laptop? | Y |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
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| Date Submitted | 09/20/2015 |
| Year | 2015 |