Practical Approaches to Using Sound and Music in Programming Pedagogy

Authors

Tom Mudd
Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Yashique Chalil
Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Matthew Hamilton
Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Charlotte Desvages
School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Mike Taverne
School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, Northumbria University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781836450795.28

Synopsis

This chapter connects sound, music, and programming and how these can be combined in programming teaching. The authors provide a rich set of resources in numerous programming languages that educators can adapt and use in their teaching.

This chapter is for you if you are interested in sound, music, or programming and would be excited to bring these domains together.

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Teaching Programming Across Disciplines

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172-181

Published

22 June 2026

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