The Use of Cymatics: Changing Face of Music Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Schools
Ernest Francis Amparbin & Eric Debrah-Otchere
Issue: Vol.3 No.1 January 2023 Article 1 pp. 1-13
DOI :https://doi.org/10.38159/ejomur.2023311| Published online 12th January 2023.
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Functionally, Music and Science have a lot in common to offer humanity and are largely inseparable. However, very little attention is paid to an exploration that would expose music educators to the complementarity of music and science in their pedagogical approaches to music learning. The paper, therefore, focuses on the use of science in music to initiate innovation in music education through Cymatics. Using the experimental approach and Cymatic setup, the three main Ghanaian musical types and randomisation and five songs were selected from a collection of twenty songs based on the three musical types to generate cymatic figures which were induced by frequencies and amplitudes. It was observed that the figures created from the three Ghanaian musical types possessed some similarities, yet they uniquely stood out as a brand. It was also detected that melodies produced more figures than harmonised songs. The consumable sound levels (20 to 20000 Hz) were found to produce legible figures for use in other ventures. The study recommends that Music educators should record and use the generated frequencies and amplitudes for replication to aid comprehension in the teaching and learning process.
Keywords: Cymatics, music teaching, science and music education
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Ernest Francis Amparbin is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Cultural and African Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Email: ampabinernest@gmail.com
Eric Debrah-Otchere is a Senior Lecturer at the Music and Dance Department, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. He holds a PhD in Music Education from the same institution. Email: eric.otchere@ucc.edu.gh
Amparbin E.F. & Debrah-Otchere E. “The Use of Cymatics: Changing Face of Music Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Schools” E-Journal of Music Research 3, no.21 (2023): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.38159/ejomur.2023311
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