Friday, April 2
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
EDT
Workshop A

Creating Music through Coding

Workshop (Live Presentation) ID: 58603
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    Glen Bull
    University of Virginia
  2. Jo Watts
    University of Virginia
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    Joe Garofalo
    University of Virginia

Abstract: Creation of music offers an engaging way to introduce coding to novices. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to explore creation of music in different styles. The music activities feature different musicians, including Robert Johnson, the blues guitarist and singer whose landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 influenced musicians and groups as diverse as Eric Clapton, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. The twelve-bar blues is a tradition that can be traced back to the nineteenth century. This form of the blues enables a musician to play hundreds of different songs with only three chords. In a similar manner, a few basic concepts enable creators to create hundreds of different types of programs with only a few foundational commands. These styles provide opportunities to emulate these artistic approaches through the medium of digital technologies. TuneScope, a tool developed at the University of Virginia to support integration of music with coding, will be introduced in the workshop. Participants in the workshop will have the opportunity to hear musical compositions created by students using these tools. Participants will also have the opportunity to share their creations with one another. All participants in the workshop will receive (at no cost) a digital copy of a text, Creating Art, Animations, and Music through Coding (Bull, Watts & Nguyen, 2020).

Objectives

The objectives of the workshop are to: 1. Enable participants to create music using computational media tools 2. Enable participants to incorporate computational thinking concepts through these activities

Topical Outline

1. Computer-Generated Sound and Music 2. Musical Notes and Scales 3. Chord Player and the Blues 4. Building a TuneScope Drum Machine 5. A Tune Recorder / Player 6. Building a Lyric Display Machine

Experience Level

Beginner

Qualifications

Glen Bull is a professor in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. Joe Garofalo is an associate professor of education at the University of Virginia. Jo Watts is director of the Make to Learn Laboratory at the University of Virginia.

Topics

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