Educational Cross Pollination
Math Songs are not strictly written in any of these styles but have been inspired by them!
In true classical educational style, if you’re studying any of these things in your music or cultural studies you can connect the dots with these math songs. See the table below.
| Skip Counting | Music Theory | Cultural Exposure |
| Mozart Counts by 2s | Alberti Bass | Classical (in music) time period |
| 4s Vibe Out in a Jazz Club | Jazz progression | Jazz |
| The Very Sad 5s | The melody is based on the Israeli National Anthem – Hatikvoh. | |
| I Hope the Russians Love Their 6s Too | The artist STING from Dream of the Blue Turtles. I Hope the Russians Love Their Children Too. | |
| 8s in Space | Whole Tone scale | |
| Dear 10s… Love, Theodosia | Hamilton, the musical. | |
| Kung Fu 12s | Pentascale, asian polyphonic construction of song | Asian culture |
| The 13 Amigos’ Tango | Harmonic Minor scale, tango dance rhythm/ song form | Latin culture, Ballroom dancing |
| 14 Pirates in the Caribbean | Pirates of the Caribbean | |
| TGIFifteen | American 90s sitcoms | |
| MULTIPLICATION SONGS | ||
| The 2x Blues | Blues scale, 12 bar blues | |
| Lord of the 5s | 6/8 rhythm, jig | Irish dancer – Lord of the Dance; Irish step dancing |
| Maroon 6 | Maroon 5 band | |
| “7 Brides for 7 Brothers” | 7 Brides for 7 Brothers – the classic musical | |
| It Takes 10 to Conga | Conga line rhythm | Latin/ Cuban culture |
| Conversions and Area | ||
| 1 Millimeter = Swingin’ times…(Metric to US Linear Equivalents) | Swing, 12 Bar Blues, Blues scale | Swing Dancing |
| Sir Cumference and the Knights of the Round Table (Circumference of a Circle) | Moving between Major and Natural Minor scales | |
| The Temperature Tango (Fahrenheit to Celsius) | Tango style, jazz | |
| Area 51 (Area of a Square, Rectangle, Triangle) | American Pop Rock | |
| The Waltzing Spoons (Kitchen Measurements, Tsp -Tbls…) | ¾ time signature (very uncommon in modern music) | |
| Inching Along for Miles (US Linear Equivalents) | Jazz |