alice-teacher one octave song - birds

[Donald Slater]

Yvonne,
For chords… Use the do_together block to have different penguins “sing" at the same time… See the attached world…

All the best,
Don Slater


> On Mar 24, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Lee, Yvonne via alice-teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thanks,  I will let you know how this works.
> 
> Today  I showed them  how to translate  Treble note to 
>  alpha.   and corresponding birds.
> and  show them how to change the timing.
> and  document the plot of sequence order they
> must get the birds to sing. 
> 
> 
> please explain how to get 2 or 3 note/birds to sing simultaneously - a chord.
> 
> 
> Yvonne Lee, Hon. B.A., OCT
> Thistletown  C.I.
> Toronto District School Board
> 40 Fordwich Crescent
> Toronto Ontario
> M9W 2T4
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> Phone 416 394 7710
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> Why Wait, Just Do It.
> From: alice-teachers [alice-teachers-bounces+yvonne.lee=tdsb.on.ca at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] on behalf of Donald Slater via alice-teachers [alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 2:39 PM
> To: Alice Teachers
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher one octave song - birds
> 
> Yvonne,
> 
> If I understand your question correctly, you might try this.
> 
> Work your way through the tutorial, and at the end of the tutorial, exit the tutorial, and then save the world. This will save the tutorial world for you to experiment with.
> 
> In Alice, take a look at the sing scale() method.
> 
> You will see this has each of the penguins execute their sinNote method in order.
> 
> Each penguin knows how to sing a particular note, and each note will be sung in approximately 1 second.
> 
> You should be able to create another method that will allow you to order your penguins into the melody line of the new sing that you want them to perform. This will give you the melody of your song, but not the correct rhythm.
> 
> The use of the doTogether in the singSong method is really confusing, and I would not attempt to duplicate it.
> 
> Instead, I would introduce the students to parameters, and for the singNote method of each penguin, I would create a parameter, called “beat”.
> 
> In each singNote method, there is a call to the playSound method (which plays the sound file recording of the note the penguin is singing). Set the duration of this playSound method to the beat parameter. (See the attached screen shot, which shows the redPenguin singNote method.
> 
> This will now allow each penguin sing a whole note (i second), a half note (.5 seconds), a quarter note (.25 seconds), and an eighth note (.125 seconds). Modify your newSong method, add ing the appropriate parameter values to create the approximate rhythm of your song.
> 
> You might also notice that I modified the howFast variable (which controls the animation of the penguin), so that it’s value is ⅛ the value of the beat parameter.
> 
> I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions or need more explanation.
> 
> All the best,
> <beatParameter.png>
> Don Slater
> 
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> 
>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Lee, Yvonne via alice-teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi ,  
>> 
>> I have difficulty showing the students  how to  program  a different "one octave song"  that
>> is different than the theme song to the Flintstones.
>> 
>> specifically - changing the sequence, order, and the timing of the birds singing.
>> 
>> I have reviewed the tutorial several times  and the text book too. 
>> my students and I were able to search the internet for many famous
>> one octave songs,  determined the sequence, and the timing.
>> yet find there is very little instruction... in the text 
>> chapter one and the Appendix - to change the sequence, order and the timing of the birds singing.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Please advise. 
>> 
>> Yvonne Lee, Hon. B.A., OCT
>> Thistletown  C.I.
>> Toronto District School Board
>> 40 Fordwich Crescent
>> Toronto Ontario
>> M9W 2T4
>> 
>> Phone 416 394 7710
>> Fax     416-394 7726
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Why Wait, Just Do It.
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