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__Music __ is my overarching portfolio topic for this class; for this research paper, I want to find out more about music in the brain-- specifically, how music and math relate. It's a common, and, as it turns out, well-grounded belief, that often mathematical thinkers are good musicians, and vice versa. My theory is that even though the thinking for each subject is not related in the brain, the subjects have enough similarities to create a strong link between the two. 

__**Questions to think about:**__
 * How are music and math related in the brain? And how does that relate to learning?
 * How are music and math related at all? (+some history on Pythagoras-- yes, the same guy from that fun little theorem you use every day in Trig. He was the father of the system of music we use today.)
 * The thinking for music and math come from opposite sides of the brain. How come?
 * Statistics on music and math: how many musicians are good at math? (or have math-based careers)

__**Annotated Bibliography **__ Balderston, Kate. "Music and Mathematics: Wu’s Unlikely Mixture." The Bowdoin Orient. 29 Oct. 2010. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. <[]>. This is a story about a math major who is using math to create music; he's trying to write a computer program that can recognize and respond to musical sounds. He also composes music and plays in a band. It's really a testimony as to how music and math mix.

Cavanaugh, Joanne P. "Arithithmetic of the Soul." Humanities and the Arts. Feb. 1998. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. [|. Here, the twining of math and music since the days of the ancient Greeks is explained. The article also goes into detail on how math is related to computer music, as well as kids' learning-- can music be used to help children learn math and other subjects? Coorelations between music and math in the professional world are also explained.

Chudler, Eric H. "One Brain... Or Two?" Neuroscience For Kids. 2010. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. [|. The dominance of the sides of the brain-- right and left-- as well as the functions of each side are shown here, in terms that everyone can understand! Handedness is also addressed.

Cox, Paul. "Math and Music: A Primer." The Math Mistakes Website. 1 Oct. 2000. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. [|. A brief overview of Pythagoras and an explanation of how his work relates to music and math together, and how music is made up of sound which is measured in Hertz-- and there are mathematical relationships between frequencies and music notes.

<span style="background-color: #ded6d6; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Eden, Dan. "Left Brain : Right Brain." ViewZone. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. <[]>. This site shows some more about the functions of each half of your brain. It give some interesting facts about how brain functions vary from person to person, or even in the same person as he/she ages.

<span style="background-color: #ded6d6; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Heimiller, Joseph. "Where Math Meets Music." Aspire. 2002. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. <[]>. A rather technical summary of why notes sound good or bad to our ears in relation to the ratio of the frequencies between notes. Math, therefore, can be used to account for dissonance or connsonance.

<span style="background-color: #ded6d6; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Right Brain and Left Brain Characteristics." Memory Brain Mind Research Technology. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. <[]>. Some more compare/contrast between right and left brain functions. This one is a bit further in-depth than the previous two.

<span style="background-color: #ded6d6; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. "Music and Math." Connexions. 30 Dec. 2009. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. __<__ http://cnx.org/content/m11638/latest /content_info#cnx_cite_header <span style="background-color: #ded6d6; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__>__. This is a teacher's guide to the relationship between music and math (OUTSIDE of the brain) and how music can help teach math in a classroom setting. There are links to other pages of how music and math can be related in nearly any subject.

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Please feel free to add! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Thank you Kevin, Mary, Chelsea, & Jonathan :)
 * __<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Source Suggestions __**

Zhan, Cindy. "The Correlation Between Music and Math: A Neurobiology Perspective." //Serendip//. Bryn Mawr College. Web. [|<http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1869]>. -Hey, it's Kevin. This article is full of useful information about your exact topic. It seems very helpful to me!

"Music Improves Brain Function | LiveScience." //LiveScience | Science, Technology, Health & Environmental News//. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. <http://www.livescience.com/health/091106-isns-music-brain.html>. This short artical seams to have good information on your topic. -Jonathan Denney

Cromie, William J. "How Your Brain Listens to Music." 13 November 1997. []. Accessed 5 November 2010. //This article details what goes on that allows us to hear and it has a section about how music and math may relate. It doesn't get very technical (it's from 1997) but perhaps the fact that there was a thought connection between them years ago could be raised as a point. ~Mary A//

O'Donnell, Laurence. "Music and the Brain." 1999. []. Accessed 5 November 2010. //This article speaks of the effects of music on the brain and talks of how music and learning in general are related. ~Mary A//

"The Connections Between Music and Mathematics: Revised and Better Than Ever | Scienceray." //Scienceray | All That Is Science, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics//. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. <http://scienceray.com/mathematics/the-connections-between-music-and-mathematics-revised-and-better-than-ever/>. -Here is another article about the strange connection between math and music. Kevin

"Music Mathematics." //Woodpecker Records Home Page//. Web. 07 Nov. 2010. [|http://www.woodpecker.com/writing/essays/math music.html]. -This website gives you good information about how math and music are related. -Chelsea

Donnelly, Alex. "The Connections Between Music and Mathematics: Revised and Better Than Ever."//Scienceray//. Scienceray, 25 May 2008. Web. 13 Nov. 2010.<http://scienceray.com/mathematics/the-connections-between-music-and-mathematics-revised-and-better-than-ever/>. -This website contains a ton of different information about the relation between music and mathematics. It takes a pretty in-depth look. I found the part about studies that have showed results that babies who listen to classical music can grasp concepts better very interesting. – Julia

Evans, Jonathan. "The Relationship Between Music and Math." //The Music Industry Report//. The MusicIndustry Report, 29 July 2009. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. <http://musicindustryreport.org/?p=10332>. -This article explains a few of the connections between math and music. You might find it helpful. – Julia