Introduction to my research

Hi everyone. I'm Eng Jing Yuan, 18 years old, a college student currently conducting a research on the link between music and Mathematics.

The following will be some details about my research.

1. Subject title: Music affects intelligence
2. Research topic: Can learning piano improve my mathematical skills in and fractions?
3. How do I carry out my research?

• I will attend a 8 weeks long piano lesson and learn from the basic as a beginner. (I don't have any musical background)

• I will take a Mathematics test before and after the 8 weeks long piano lesson. The Mathematics test is based on fractions (involves multiplication, division and combined operation) and it consists of 50 question. So, I will time myself to see how much time I took to complete the test.

• Then, I will compare the results of both test.

Now, let me tell you how did I get to this topic. One day, while I was having breakfast with my mom, I complained to her that I couldn't find a topic for my research. So, she suggested to me that I should do something I'm interested in. I took her advice and thought of something which I wanted to learn long time ago. It's PIANO!! I've been wanting to learn piano since young but never had the chance to. This is a very good opportunity to fulfill my small little dream.

Hence, I thought of making my research about learning the piano. But, I want to make it more interesting so I tried to connect it with something else. This is when Mathematics comes into mind. I was facing some difficulties doing differentiation at that time because I'm not familiar with fractions. So, I decided to link music with Mathematics.

I quickly do some web-based research to look for the connection between music and Mathematics. And what I found really make me relieved. There are a few research conducted before this and it's about MUSIC AND MATHS too. I also found out that music is related to Mathematics in the sense that fractions is involved in music notes. Therefore, I further narrow down my research topic to "Can learning  piano improve my mathematical skills in fractions?"

I will test out my hypothesis by doing two Mathematics test before and after learning piano. Hopefully I can prove that my hypothesis is correct.