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Transcript: Take Note of Musical Fractions
(Music plays)
An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.
Mathemagician Eric appears on screen. He’s in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show’s logo, blue jeans and red Tennis shoes.
The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.
Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go
WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!
The episode starts with Eric standing in a workroom. He plus the earphones to a music player and listens and dances to music.
He sings a song and the lyrics go
HEY, DID YOU KNOW
SONGS ARE FULL OF
FRACTIONS
I WONDER IF
YOU KNEW
IF YOU EVER
WROTE A SONG
IT'S MATH THROUGH
AND THROUGH
THE LENGTH OF
EVERY NOTE
IS A FRACTION OF
THE BEAT
LIKE A WHOLE NOTE, A HALF
NOTE, A QUARTER NOTE
NEAT
A WHOLE NOTE'S THE
LONGEST
AND LASTS THE
WHOLE BAR
TWO HALVES MAKE
A WHOLE
ARE YOU WITH ME
SO FAR?
FOUR QUARTERS
IN A WHOLE
KEEP THINGS
GROOVING ALONG
'CAUSE, FRIENDS,
WITHOUT FRACTIONS
THERE'D BE NO SONGS
He poses like a rapper when the song ends.
Next, he says DID YOU KNOW THAT
JUST LIKE MATH,
MUSIC USES COUNTING,
PATTERNS AND FRACTIONS?
The blackboard in the back turns into a screen that displays a sheet with fractions: a series of horizontal striped. As he speaks, notes appear in the fractions.
He says SONGS HAVE SECTIONS
CALLED BARS
AND EACH BAR HAS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOTES.
YOU HEAR SOME TYPES
OF NOTES A LOT.
He blows and makes one quack using a small instrument. As he quacks, the notes are represented on the screen with the stripes.
He says LIKE WHOLE NOTES PLAYED
FOR A WHOLE BAR.
HALF NOTES PLAYED
FOR TWO BEATS.
AND QUARTER NOTES
PLAYED FOR ONE BEAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW
QUICKLY OR SLOWLY
YOU PLAY A SONG.
IF IT HAS 4-4 TIME
SIGNATURE,
WHICH MEANS FOUR QUARTER
NOTES IN EACH BAR,
YOU CAN PLAY TWO
HALF NOTES OR
FOUR QUARTER NOTES
IN THE SAME TIME
IT TAKES TO PLAY
ONE WHOLE NOTE.
As he speaks, the numbers 4 in each line as well as the notes in the fractions get highlighted.
He says IT'S ALL ABOUT
FRACTIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY STYLES
OF MUSIC OUT THERE
AND THEY ALL USE WHOLE,
HALF AND QUARTER NOTES.
AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE
RHYTHM ABOUT FRACTIONS.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW
TO DO IT.
He snaps his fingers and a metrotone appears.
He says YOU HEAR THE
METRONOME?
MUSICIANS USE
THEM ALL THE TIME
TO KEEP A
STEADY BEAT.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
He puts back the earphones and starts singing again. This time, the metronome measures the music and the representation appears on screen.
He sings
WHOLE NOTES
ONE, ONE
HALF NOTES, ONE, TWO
QUARTER NOTES
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF FOUR
QUARTERS AS A START
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
A SONG IS A SUM OF
ALL ITS PARTS
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE
COUNTING TIME
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE
KEEPING THE TIME
(music plays)
Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. The video shows the cartoon of a woman in a purple dress with a viking hat that sings on stage.
Eric says SINGING A WHOLE LOT OF WHOLE
NOTES CAN BE POWERFUL.
IT'S TRUE THAT A
SINGER CAN SHATTER
A CRYSTAL GLASS BY
SINGING A LOUD NOTE
FOR A LONG TIME.
THE NOTE DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE HIGH.
IT JUST NEEDS TO HAVE THE
SAME FREQUENCY AS THE NOTE
YOU WOULD GET IF YOU TAPPED
THE GLASS WITH A FORK.
THE SINGER'S VOICE
CAN MAKE THE GLASS
VIBRATE THEN SHATTER.
The woman sings a high and long note and that cases a vase to break in pieces.
Eric says BOOM!
SO WHY NOT WRITE
YOUR OWN SONGS,
BE YOUR OWN DJ
OR FORM A BAND
WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
START WITH A BASIC BEAT
AND SPIN THOSE
WHOLE, HALF
AND QUARTER NOTES.
MUSIC WITH FRACTIONS.
IT'S NOT MAGIC;
He puts on a fake mouth that changes his voice and grabs a microphone.
Next, he says IT'S MATH.
A big explosion brings the show’s logo back on the screen.
(music plays)
The end credits roll.
Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.
Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.
An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.
Mathemagician Eric appears on screen. He’s in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show’s logo, blue jeans and red Tennis shoes.
The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.
Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go
WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!
The episode starts with Eric standing in a workroom. He plus the earphones to a music player and listens and dances to music.
He sings a song and the lyrics go
HEY, DID YOU KNOW
SONGS ARE FULL OF
FRACTIONS
I WONDER IF
YOU KNEW
IF YOU EVER
WROTE A SONG
IT'S MATH THROUGH
AND THROUGH
THE LENGTH OF
EVERY NOTE
IS A FRACTION OF
THE BEAT
LIKE A WHOLE NOTE, A HALF
NOTE, A QUARTER NOTE
NEAT
A WHOLE NOTE'S THE
LONGEST
AND LASTS THE
WHOLE BAR
TWO HALVES MAKE
A WHOLE
ARE YOU WITH ME
SO FAR?
FOUR QUARTERS
IN A WHOLE
KEEP THINGS
GROOVING ALONG
'CAUSE, FRIENDS,
WITHOUT FRACTIONS
THERE'D BE NO SONGS
He poses like a rapper when the song ends.
Next, he says DID YOU KNOW THAT
JUST LIKE MATH,
MUSIC USES COUNTING,
PATTERNS AND FRACTIONS?
The blackboard in the back turns into a screen that displays a sheet with fractions: a series of horizontal striped. As he speaks, notes appear in the fractions.
He says SONGS HAVE SECTIONS
CALLED BARS
AND EACH BAR HAS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOTES.
YOU HEAR SOME TYPES
OF NOTES A LOT.
He blows and makes one quack using a small instrument. As he quacks, the notes are represented on the screen with the stripes.
He says LIKE WHOLE NOTES PLAYED
FOR A WHOLE BAR.
HALF NOTES PLAYED
FOR TWO BEATS.
AND QUARTER NOTES
PLAYED FOR ONE BEAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW
QUICKLY OR SLOWLY
YOU PLAY A SONG.
IF IT HAS 4-4 TIME
SIGNATURE,
WHICH MEANS FOUR QUARTER
NOTES IN EACH BAR,
YOU CAN PLAY TWO
HALF NOTES OR
FOUR QUARTER NOTES
IN THE SAME TIME
IT TAKES TO PLAY
ONE WHOLE NOTE.
As he speaks, the numbers 4 in each line as well as the notes in the fractions get highlighted.
He says IT'S ALL ABOUT
FRACTIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY STYLES
OF MUSIC OUT THERE
AND THEY ALL USE WHOLE,
HALF AND QUARTER NOTES.
AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE
RHYTHM ABOUT FRACTIONS.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW
TO DO IT.
He snaps his fingers and a metrotone appears.
He says YOU HEAR THE
METRONOME?
MUSICIANS USE
THEM ALL THE TIME
TO KEEP A
STEADY BEAT.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
He puts back the earphones and starts singing again. This time, the metronome measures the music and the representation appears on screen.
He sings
WHOLE NOTES
ONE, ONE
HALF NOTES, ONE, TWO
QUARTER NOTES
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF FOUR
QUARTERS AS A START
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
A SONG IS A SUM OF
ALL ITS PARTS
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE
COUNTING TIME
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE
KEEPING THE TIME
(music plays)
Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. The video shows the cartoon of a woman in a purple dress with a viking hat that sings on stage.
Eric says SINGING A WHOLE LOT OF WHOLE
NOTES CAN BE POWERFUL.
IT'S TRUE THAT A
SINGER CAN SHATTER
A CRYSTAL GLASS BY
SINGING A LOUD NOTE
FOR A LONG TIME.
THE NOTE DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE HIGH.
IT JUST NEEDS TO HAVE THE
SAME FREQUENCY AS THE NOTE
YOU WOULD GET IF YOU TAPPED
THE GLASS WITH A FORK.
THE SINGER'S VOICE
CAN MAKE THE GLASS
VIBRATE THEN SHATTER.
The woman sings a high and long note and that cases a vase to break in pieces.
Eric says BOOM!
SO WHY NOT WRITE
YOUR OWN SONGS,
BE YOUR OWN DJ
OR FORM A BAND
WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
START WITH A BASIC BEAT
AND SPIN THOSE
WHOLE, HALF
AND QUARTER NOTES.
MUSIC WITH FRACTIONS.
IT'S NOT MAGIC;
He puts on a fake mouth that changes his voice and grabs a microphone.
Next, he says IT'S MATH.
A big explosion brings the show’s logo back on the screen.
(music plays)
The end credits roll.
Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.
Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.
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