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Student’s Innovation
Sound of Music
Sound of Music
M usic is based on science; sound is example ‘Samhitapada’ or continuous
oral recitation is one of the 11 styles of
produced when something vibrates –
and those vibrations reach the ear as
sound waves. Music has some mathe- Vedic chants.
matical components too, varying in In contemporary times, a new style of
pitch, volume, tempo, and rhythm. The music became popular across the
science of sound teaches us to pause, world and it is called RAP. This style was
listen, and feel the vibration. popularized at first, in the US by persons
of African-American origin, but it has
I often wonder how much engaging found acceptance among the youth who
and fun, science and mathematics enjoy the rhythmic beats and almost
could be for several students who rapid spoken style of singing.
struggle with the content and concept
if only it were musical. I wonder more
because, the young students love their A few years ago, I wrote and
music, they never miss a beat or forget composed a Rap-song on a mathematical
the lyrics of their favourite songs, but concept of Data and Statistics for an
the textbooks in science scare them. inter-school competition which was a
success. Recently I created another
Several forms of oral rendition are composition about the Element
part of our traditional cultural practices. Ferrum, atomic number 26. I am sharing
We have known about the Vedic chants that composition as well as a YouTube
of ancient India which are often link for students who may be interested,
considered the oldest unbroken oral and urge them to convert the toughest
tradition in the existence of human lessons into music, if music is indeed
kind. Vedic chants have used tones and their paradise- in the hope that some of
various styles designed to allow the lessons of science may now become
perfect memorization of texts, for simple or enjoyable to understand.
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