I have a week to do a science project so I need some ideas that involve music.
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I watched a very interesting documentary on the mathematics of music some time ago. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of it, but here are some links to what it was about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_m…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theor…
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math…
http://plus.maths.org/content/geometrica…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_m…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theor…
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math…
http://plus.maths.org/content/geometrica…
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You could do something like testing a hypothesis stating that classical music helps plants grow faster than rock music, or maybe a study to see if band/orchestra/choir kids have higher grades (on average) than people not involved in music. There are lots of possibilities, so pick one and roll with it! Good luck on your project
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the only thing that comes to mind is tuning forks, frequencies, that whole field. I know that if you tune a guitar just right, and play the note E on a speaker, the E string will magically start vibrating. Its called a resonance frequency, and i'd say it would be the basis for a pretty damn good science project.
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Can you really break a glass by singing a certain note? Or how loud does the music have to be to shatter a crystal glass?
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How does math relate to music. Google this and you can find a ton of information. Excellent project.
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your kidding right? your avatar is the Misfits and your asking for advice on a science project and music? dude seriously?
the effect that music has on us, learned through observation. Here is a real real easy scientific experiment with music. take the Misfits Saturday Night, or Last Caress and play them for people, have them listen with headphones of like 3 songs while they filled out a survey that asked their opinion on different things, such as the environment, or things that deal with empathy, or better yet maybe just have it as background music while they fill out the survey.
You must have a control group that listens to no music answers the same survey and aren't the same people who did the first one, and then you have another group of people listen to classical music and answer the same one.
Then you take all this information and you figure out who said what under what pretense, science at work, and then you can make up some theories about what you discovered.
1) do people who listen to music about killing people feel less empathetic?
2) Does listening to classical music make you smarter?
3) Does the kind of music that is being played effect how serious someone is likely to take questions they are being asked?
4) Do people often emulate their environment, through music?
etc etc.
the effect that music has on us, learned through observation. Here is a real real easy scientific experiment with music. take the Misfits Saturday Night, or Last Caress and play them for people, have them listen with headphones of like 3 songs while they filled out a survey that asked their opinion on different things, such as the environment, or things that deal with empathy, or better yet maybe just have it as background music while they fill out the survey.
You must have a control group that listens to no music answers the same survey and aren't the same people who did the first one, and then you have another group of people listen to classical music and answer the same one.
Then you take all this information and you figure out who said what under what pretense, science at work, and then you can make up some theories about what you discovered.
1) do people who listen to music about killing people feel less empathetic?
2) Does listening to classical music make you smarter?
3) Does the kind of music that is being played effect how serious someone is likely to take questions they are being asked?
4) Do people often emulate their environment, through music?
etc etc.