The first word is sung at 1:37 into the song, and 97 seconds ≈ 1.618 minutes, which just happens to be the golden ratio, a number strongly associated with the Fibonacci sequence.Īs it turns out, Tool has several other mathy songs, including Parabola, Forty Six and 2, and Cesaro Summability.ģ.The song mentions spirals several times.The number of syllables in the verses follow the pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 8, 5, 3, which rise and fall with the Fibonacci sequence.So that was cool.” They exploited this relationship in several ways. Then it turned out that 987 was the 17th number of the Fibonacci sequence. Drummer Danny Carey said the song “was originally titled 9-8-7 for the time signatures. This is the song from the Sesame Street video “1-2-3, Count With Me.” I worried that it wasn’t sophisticated enough for readers of MJ4MF, but if Steven Strogatz can reference the video in a column for the New York Times, well, that’s credibility enough for me.Įven if you don’t like the genre, Lateralus by Tool gets big props for its intricate use of the Fibonacci sequence. The time signatures of the chorus change from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8. That’s How the Numbers Go – Ernie (Sesame Street) Shame on me for not including this in the original “Top 5 Math Songs” list.ĥ. Thanks to Joshua Zucker for reminding me of this gem! How could I have forgotten? One of the moldiest of all oldie math jokes turned into a song. (Maybe because no one would listen to a math song that wasn’t funny?) Below are my top five six. There have been lots of math songs through the ages, and the number has risen exponentially with YouTube.
My favorite song from the video is Martian Beauty, but sadly, it just doesn’t hold the same appeal for Eli and Alex.
The song is from “1-2-3, Count With Me,” a Sesame Street video starring Ernie (sans Bert). If I were forced to give it a title, today’s game would be called, “Up and Down the Stairs with a Song.” Eli ran up the stairs to the second floor while Alex ran down the stairs to the basement then they both returned to the main level where they sang a song then each boy ran up or down the other set of stairs and, finally, they returned to the main level and rang the “dinger,” a bell included with one of their toddler games.ĭuring the game, the song that Eli sang was mathematical: On cold days, I look for creative ways for my sons to burn energy indoors.
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