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a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com

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By Geeks out of the Box Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019

Recaman Sequence in Wolfram Mathematica

Simon has created the Recaman Sequence audio in Wolfram! First with 70 notes, then with 300 notes.

Categories: Coding, Murderous Maths, Music, Simon's Own CodeTags: math, Music, Recaman, Wolfram, Wolfram Mathematica
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on March 6, 2019

Home Concerts: Pachelbel

Just a typical evening scene from our home. Simon practicing Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, Neva improvising a dance. Below is another recording of Simon playing the whole piece … Continue reading Home Concerts: Pachelbel

Categories: Milestones, Music, Notes on everyday life, PianoTags: Canon in D majeur, homeschooling, Pachelbel, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on January 27, 2019

Simon playing Händel’s polyphonic Fughetta

Categories: art, Music, PianoTags: Fughetta, Handel, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on November 29, 2018

Simon practicing polyphony

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Fughette, Handel, homeschooling, Piano, polyphony
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018

Map of the piano chords

During his piano lessons, Simon has been working on a diagram that would map all the possible chords on the piano. I gave him a huge roll of paper to … Continue reading Map of the piano chords

Categories: Milestones, Music, Notes on everyday life, Piano, Simon's sketch bookTags: Music, piano chords
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on June 27, 2018October 15, 2018

Playing Tchaikovsky a 4 mains

Categories: Music, Piano, Together with sisTags: a 4 mains, homeschooling, Piano, Tchaikovsky
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on March 6, 2018

Practicing Bach…

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Bach, homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

Music of Pi in Processing

Simon wrote a program in Processing that plays the music of Pi. The idea to assign every integer a sound frequency belongs to the Numberphile channel, but Simon came up … Continue reading Music of Pi in Processing

Categories: Coding, Experiments, Milestones, Murderous Maths, Music, PhysicsTags: 8 year old programmer, Music, Numberphile, pi, Processing
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 9, 2018

Playing the Fibonacci Sequence on the Piano

Inspired by a Numberphile video, where Simon learned the technique to express the Fibonacci sequence in musical notes.

Categories: Milestones, motor skills, Murderous Maths, Music, PianoTags: Fibonacci, homeschooling, math, Music, notes, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 9, 2018

Practicing Hayden

 

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Hayden, homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on December 22, 2017

Practicing Blue Room by Rodgers and Hart

Simon’s classical repertoire has extended to include some jazz, although he still seems to prefer Brahms and Bach. And the math of music.

Categories: Music, Piano, Together with sisTags: Blue Room, homeschooling, jazz, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on December 6, 2017December 13, 2017

Simon’s Music Random Walker

Link to Simon’s project in progress: https://codepen.io/simontiger/pen/LOg… The walk begins with a white grid. Every time the walker first visits a cell, it first turns purple and the green number inside … Continue reading Simon’s Music Random Walker

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, Music, Simon's Own CodeTags: 8 year old programmer, CodePen, JavaScript, Music, Random Walker

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