Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

What is the
difference between
traditional and
graphic notation?
CODING AND
HENDRIX,
IN MUSIC
COLOUR
tab
Tab is a form of mapping that communicates to guitarists where
it.
place their fingers to perform the required notes. It is not a new
to
but the extra symbols and directions on the image have
concept,
over time. Figure 1.42 shows a work by Luis de Narváez
developed
1500–c. 1550) for Vihuela/Lute (an early ancestor of the guitar).
(c.
method was invented? What does it make you
this
other instruments and ways of notating sound?
about
has a platform where you can edit
https://microbit.org
1
is a computer-based platform for
https://sonic-pi.net
2
SEE–THINK–WONDER
Hendrix is well known as one of the most influential guitarists of
Jimi
his time. In Figure 1.41, you can see the opening of his ‘Purple Haze’
in traditional and guitar tablature notation, or
as guitarists call
What do you see when comparing the two examples? How do you
think
wonder
Figure 1.41 Guitar tablature of the
■
of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Purple
opening
Haze’, made in Guitar Pro 7
Figure 1.42 Lute tablature by Narváez as an
■
on page 3 of his publication
instruction
all your code before downloading it to a small computer
https://makecode.microbit.org
board.
is the place to start
Music can be represented by all forms of symbols. Here we
creating. Having the actual device is optional, we are first
experimenting with the code to make music.
get to use actual code, with thanks to two easily available
resources. Imagine you have a performance coming up
Visit this website for more detailed information:
and you could program with commands and functions
everything from the tempo to the sample being looped.
Then, mid-performance, you want to change the sample
or melody live. This concept was recently discussed in an
article by WIRED entitled ‘DJs of the Future Don’t Spin
Mac or PC created by Sam Aaron
) focused on code-based
https://twitter.com/samaaron
(
Records – They Write Code’:
www.wired.com/story/algoraves-live-coding-djs. You never
creation and performance. With it, you can DJ live and
code your own music with its built-in samples.
know; you may be the next hit DJ!
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