Adam was aware that the activities the children were engaged in throughout the unit ranged in their degree of integration. For example, at the surface level of integration, was the chanting of times tables at the beginning of every day. This was connecting mathematics with music at a surface level because the students needed the correct rhythm and timing in order to be able to express mathematical facts. This connection became deeper when Adam introduced counting and clapping on the multiples of four and three. The students were easily able to clap on the multiples of four, but struggled to clap on the multiples of three. This difficulty, as explained by Adam, could be linked to the way the children were naturally beginning to feel simple quadruple time in their music (four beats in a bar) but were struggling to feel simple triple time (three beats in a bar) because this is not as common.