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Bring math and music to life. (New Products).


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Math & Music is a new interdisciplinary in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y  
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct.


interdisciplinary
Adjective
 program for middle school and high school students designed to further enhance their learning abilities. As the name implies, the software relates math and music concepts to aid in that goal. Several interactive, fast-paced Adj. 1. fast-paced - of communication that proceeds rapidly; "a fast-paced talker"; "fast-paced fiction"
fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
 tutorials explore the musical scale as it relates to math.

For example, students are taught how harmony harmony, in music, simultaneous sounding of two or more tones and, especially, the study of chords and their relations. Harmony was the last in the development of what may be considered the basic elements of modern music—harmony, melody, rhythm, and tone  relates to physics and how the physics of sound works. Features include 18 full-color narrated exercises, a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. , tests, study questions and access to both math and music Web sites. The software is currently available for Windows only; a Macintosh version is in the works.

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