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Phil Tulga Music: Fraction Tubes

Play the Virtual Fraction Tubes, learn how to make your instrument, and discover all of the great songs you can play with fractions.

You can build your own musical instrument based on a simple set of fractions  — and this page will show you how!  It includes: 1) Virtual Fraction Tubes you can play right now on your computer; 2) directions on how to build a 5-note set of Fraction Tubes; and 3) information on building and playing an 8-note set of Fraction Tubes. So take a couple of minutes, hear the sound of fractions and learn how to make this instrument!

Phil Tulga
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Physics, Sound
Music, Art, and Language Arts Topics
Musical Instruments
K-6
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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Phil Tulga Music: Fraction Tubes

Play the Virtual Fraction Tubes, learn how to make your instrument, and discover all of the great songs you can play with fractions.

You can build your own musical instrument based on a simple set of fractions  — and this page will show you how!  It includes: 1) Virtual Fraction Tubes you can play right now on your computer; 2) directions on how to build a 5-note set of Fraction Tubes; and 3) information on building and playing an 8-note set of Fraction Tubes. So take a couple of minutes, hear the sound of fractions and learn how to make this instrument!

Phil Tulga
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Music, Art, and Language Arts Topics
Musical Instruments
K-6
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

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