Notes for Class No. 9

Major Discussion of the Relationship Between Computing and Music and Brief Introduction to Scratch

Assignment No. 3
MIDI Note Numbers and Names Explained
Frere Jacques Keyboard Scratch Program (Version 1) — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
Frere Jacques Keyboard Scratch Program (Version 2) — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
Frere Jacques Keyboard Scratch Program (Version 3) — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
MIDI Demo program - Vanilla Version — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
MIDI Demo program - Enhanced Version — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
Frere Jacques Round — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
Happy Birthday — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)
Set Fire to the Rain — Scratch 1.4 (download) | Scratch 2.0 (online)

Opening Discussion: The relationship between computing and music in this course

You will have time to work on Assignment No. 3 with your partner today and next Tuesday, but please note that it is due next Tuesday, February 23

On the value of coding: “What most schools don’t teach”

http://youtu.be/nKIu9yen5nc

On the value of graphical programming languages: “Why top universities teach drag and drop programming”

http://youtu.be/_Mwc1gc77dc