2a. What if we’d rather hear a scale for some other instrument? The ranges for some other instruments (given in pitches that correspond to the 88 piano keys) are listed in the following table.
2b. Break students up into groups, and have each group choose different instruments. The mission of the group is to create the scale achieved for their instrument by the proportional mapping of the first ten Fibonacci numbers to that instrument’s range, using the Division Operation previously described in Part One.
2c. As groups find out what the proper mapping should be (of Fibonacci numbers to their instruments range), they can use the class computer to access Musicalgorithms to check their work and hear their scale being played.
2d. After all the groups have played their scales, have a discussion about what they noticed. Click to see some specific ideas for Discussion Prompts.
