20AVKWC03 Remix with Beats | Earsketch Teachers

Remix with Beats

EarSketch Remix Lab for the 2020 Amazon Virtual Kids Week Challenge

Module 3 of 8

Students will code a song in EarSketch that is a minimum of 20 seconds but less than 2 minutes. The songs must include at least one stem from Common’s “God is Love” song and contain the function, makeBeat(), in their code to create two different beats in their remix.
Students will use strings with the makeBeat() function to define their beat patterns. Students will break up a measure into sixteenth note sub-beats and remixing a sound clip. Students will understand how to apply strings to code in EarSketch, create new beats, and repeat them throughout the song by assigning different beats to variables. Students will include the fitMedia() function in order to complete the song.

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Learning Outcomes

Lesson Flow

Curriculum Materials

Objectives

Engage Students in coding in EarSketch
Explore connections between music technology and programming
Navigate the EarSketch Digital Audio Workspace
Edit basic code with EarSketch specific functions such as makeBeat() and fitMedia()
Understand that strings are often used in programming to represent non-numerical data such as words, but can also include numbers.
Apply strings with the makeBeat() function to define beat patterns in EarSketch

Computer Science Standards

CSP Standards

IT-CSP-2 Create digital artifacts that foster creative expression including programs, digital music, videos, images, documents, and combinations of these such as infographics, presentations, and web pages.

AP CSP Essential Knowledge

EK1.2.1A Creating digital effects, images, audio, video, animations has transformed industries
EK 5.2.1A Algorithms are implemented using program instructions that are processed during program execution.
EK 5.3.1M Application program interfaces (APIs) and libraries simplify complex programming tasks.
EK 5.3.1O APIs connect software components, allowing them to communicate