monochords for kids

Sorry to be such a lurker, but thought I'd chime in with a nice tuning news
item. My wife, Jody Diamond, teaches part-time at the local alternative school,
The Runnemede School, where my daughter is in second grade. As a class project
for the 1-2s, since they're studying Greece, they decided to build monochords.
They're done, and they even did a little "performance" with them. The kids
build them all by themselves, with some help from a few parents, and they're a
kind of modified Colvig design, using clothespins as moveable bridges, guitar
tuning pegs, and two measuring strips (one with prime divisions, other with 100
divisions) printed out by an architect parent with access to a CAD machine.
They're really a success, and now the kids are studying fractions (while
listening to them) and starting to do all sorts of cool stuff. Nice to
indoctrinate them early into experimental intonation I guess!

lp

>They're really a success, and now the kids are studying fractions (while
>>listening to them) and starting to do all sorts of cool stuff. Nice to
>>indoctrinate them early into experimental intonation I guess!
>lp

This is great. Lou always said that fractions should be taught with musical
intervals.

Bill

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