The workshop is designed for students in grades 1-4. It aims to demonstrate the connection between mathematics and musical note values. Students will learn different note values and their durations, do addition exercises involving beats, be introduced to time signatures and compose their own rhythms in different time signatures. Finally, students will practice and perform their own rhythms for others.

1. Music and
Mathematics
Workshop
ERASMUS+ 2016 – project

2. The workshop
The workshop is designed for 1.-4. graders. The
objective is to demonstrate the connection between
mathematics and the note values.
1) Getting to know note values
2) Addition exercise with beats
3) The time signature exercise – composing one’s own
rhythm
4) Practising one’s own rhythm and playing it to others

3. 1. Getting to know the
note values &
2. Addition exercise
 Teacher teaches the
students different note
values (i.e. the duration of
the note in beats).
 After this they will do
additions with the beats of
different note values (can
be found by the name
Counting Beats in
https://www.superteacher
worksheets.com/music.htm
l)

4. 3. The time signature exercise – composing
one’s own rhythm
When the students are familiar with different note
values, teacher will introduce them different time
signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4).
After this the students will complete the time
signature exercise(can be found
http://musicmattersblog.com/2009/01/23/rhythmic-
dictation-worksheet/) where they will have to
compose their own rhythms in different time
signatures

5. 4. Practising one’s own rhythm and playing
it to others
The students learn one of their own rhythms
composed in the time signature exercise and if they
want they can present it to others with a rhythm
instrument of their liking.
If teacher wants to make the exercise more
challenging the performances can be a rhythmic
dictation exercises for other students. That is, one
student plays his/her rhythm and others have to
write it down.