Thursday, October 29, 2015

TED Talks on Thursdays: Clayton Cameron Math, Rhythm, and Music

Some day, we should all get together and meet they.

You already know who they are.  

They say a watched pot never boils.  It does, it just feels like forever because it is almost as exciting as watching paint dry.

They say starve a cold, feed a fever.  Does that mean if you have a cold you can or can't have chicken soup? Does it matter if you have a fever? If it is chicken soup, can  you have bits in it or does it need to be broth?

They also say that music is a great way to teach kids math.  If I had been able to keep a beat that was consistent and other people could count to, it might have been valid for me.  The only way for me to hold a beat was to have a metronome or a person who could actually count in a rhythmic manner clue me in so I sounded not all together horrible.

Percussionists are amazing because they cannot only count a beat and set a beat, they also set the mood and rhythm for a song and often an entire evening.

Clayton Cameron is able to explain it and make it fun!  Why couldn't he have been the band director when I was a kid? (Yes, another quickie.)




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