Friday, July 10, 2020

Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA: APPRECIATING Greatly this 'Project Visualization Tool' - in this Scratch Programming Getting Unstuck 10-day online 'workshop' with small prompts * Star-Spangled Harmony (Getting Unstuck 2020 ... ) ... * * A great example to explore composing for the (9-notes' only) A and D chanters on the Scottish Small Pipes (I think alto and tenor lines are close) * * *



APPRECIATING Greatly this 'Project Visualization Tool' - in this Scratch Programming Getting Unstuck 10-day online 'workshop' with small prompts 

Getting Unstuck 2020 coding with Scratch language: https://gettingunstuck.gse.harvard.edu/
A kind of assessment process too which makes new helpful coding suggestions automatically, creatively!
Project Visualization Tool - 
What did you make?
What did you learn?
Thank you for participating in Getting Unstuck! To explore some of what you made and learned, enter your username here.
#GettingUnstuck 


Getting Unstuck 2020 coding with Scratch language: https://gettingunstuck.gse.harvard.edu/
Project Visualization Tool - What did you make?
What did you learn?
To explore some of what you made and learned, enter your username here:
https://gettingunstuck.gse.harvard.edu/participation
#GettingUnstuck https://scratch.mit.edu/users/ScottWorldUnivAndSch/ ~

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1281336474009362432?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1281341935668486144?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1281342255215726592?s=20


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Broadcast blocks in Scratch programming language https://mailchi.mp/gse/getting-unstuck-2020-day-4 >
https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/27044057/
my project: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/410651032/ - https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Helianth/ @scottmacleod - #GettingUnstuck - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Programming #WUaSProgramming Scratch in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego !

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1281338060198699008?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1281341860762402816?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1281342172529168384?s=20




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Here are my (https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Helianth/) first 5 days of projects, in response to the prompts I received: 


F, July 10
color Sensing blocks


Th, July 9
broadcast blocks

W, July 8
parallelism

Tu, July 7
control a sprite from keyboard
(great project for learning https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/409275933/)

M July 6, 2020
Surprise

And I'm coding from here
(but here is my other Scratch profile - https://scratch.mit.edu/users/ScottWorldUnivAndSch/ - at World University and School)



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Interactively:


F, July 10
color Sensing blocks


Th, July 9
broadcast blocks


W, July 8
parallelism


Tu, July 7
control a sprite from keyboard



M July 6, 2020
Surprise



And I'm coding from here
(but here is my other Scratch profile - https://scratch.mit.edu/users/ScottWorldUnivAndSch/ - at World University and School)





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Star-Spangled Harmony (Getting Unstuck 2020 ... ) ...

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/409618955/


Scott: 
I could see this program as a great example to explore composing for the (9-notes' only) A and D chanters on the Scottish Small Pipes (I think alto and tenor lines are close - will look), and even with Scratch to sheet music, - and especially for writing duets to play in particular with someone who's taking SSP lessons with me! Thanks for this programming inspiration, Karen.


Scott:
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Great, Karen, and inspiring! But isn't the alto line really the soprano line, since your programming doesn't play the Fs in bars 6 & 7? (I may be not hearing this correctly, but if so, how could I even change this, for learning purposes, I wonder?) Thank you!


Karen B:
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@Helianth Yes—you're correct! It's actually soprano (top-most) and bass (bottom-most). :)



Scott:
Helianth
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@karenb Tenor and Bass lines here seem inter-mixed! :)




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M, Tym, David, 

Some musical Scratch programming explorations: 


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And here's Karen Brennan's recent programming of Alto and Tenor voices for the Star Spangled Banner (nice tenor line!)
Star-Spangled Harmony (Getting Unstuck 2
(She recently became an American citizen - possibly holding dual citizenship with Canada. She's also the faculty member teaching the Getting Unstuck course below).

I could see this as a great example to explore the A and D chanters on the Scottish Small Pipes, and even to begin composing on sheet music, and in Scratch computer programming, and especially for writing duets to play in particular with Taylor who's taking SSP lessons with me! 

How are you all doing this summer? Barbarously hot here yesterday, but it cooled down in the early evening in time for an incredible hour-long walking journey into Indian valley, and the far side of the massif (overlooking Moraga) to my east! Hope you're all doing well. 

Am enjoying the free online 10 day Getting Unstuck Scratch programming 'summer camp' and here's today's prompt and email https://mailchi.mp/gse/getting-unstuck-2020-day-5 (& where I'm doing the projects - https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Helianth/) - and especially yesterday the 'Project visualization tool' - which is a whole new fascinating Scratch-based approach to feedback in learning this new language! Inspiring! :)  

Warmly, Scott
SPACESHIP Heating and Cooling:
Some Mars' mission humor ~ 
-- 
- Scott MacLeod





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Looked up the ranges of SATB choral human voices to explore with Scottish Small Pipes' D & A chanters ...

Soprano, the highest human vocal register, extending approximately from middle C to the second A above. A voice with a range approximately from the A below middle C to the second F or G above is termed a mezzo-soprano.

https://www.britannica.com/art/soprano


In SATB four-part mixed chorus, the alto is the second highest vocal range, above the tenor and bass and below the soprano. The alto range in choral music is approximately from F3 (the F below middle C) to F5 (the F in the second octave above middle C).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto


Alto, (Italian: “high”), in vocal music the register approximately between the F below middle C to the second D above—the second highest part in four-part music. The word alto originally referred to the highest male voice, singing falsetto (see countertenor).

https://www.britannica.com/art/alto-vocal-range


Tenor, highest male vocal range, normally extending approximately from the second B below middle C to the G above; an extremely high voice, extending into the alto range, is usually termed a countertenor (q.v.). In instrument families, tenor refers to the instrument of more or less comparable range (e.g., tenor horn)

https://www.britannica.com/art/tenor-vocal-range



Normally, the baritone parts are written for a range of A to f ′
https://www.britannica.com/art/baritone-vocal-range


In vocal music, the bass is the lowest male voice, with a typical range from the second E below middle C to F♯ above; the basso profundo is low and rich, while the basso cantante (“singing bass”) is lighter and more lyric.

https://www.britannica.com/art/bass-vocal-range



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So the A chanter on the SSP plays these notes:



And the D chanter on the SSP plays these notes:






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