Thursday, April 26, 2012: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
125 (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Michael Thayer
Students can now explore periodic functions and the musical concept of timbre easily with programs like Audacity, Mathematica, and GarageBand. The speaker will discuss how adding sinusoids together can simulate different instruments' sounds, and what makes real instruments sound the way they do. Come see a new way to integrate technology into math.
Presentation Format: 9-12 Session
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Attribute: Learn <-> Reflect strand presentation