The Making of a Song
EarSketch Remix Lab for the 2020 Ciara Remix Competition
Module 3 of 3
This 50-minute module will introduce students to the EarSketch Platform and provides an understanding of what it means to create a “remix” song using the EarSketch Platform.
By the end of this module, students should be able to create sections and structure their songs using functions and add special sound effects.
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Objectives
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Identify sections of a song and differentiate between the chorus, verses and transitions in a song.
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Compose a song using the common A-B-A song form using contrast between sections.
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Understand how custom functions make a more efficient code by comparing examples of code with and without functions.
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Create sections of the song using functions.
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Learn how to code each function so it plays each sound clip for the desired measures.
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Add special sound effects (volume, distortion, delays, fades) into the song to integrate additional variation
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Learn additional tools in EarSketch to create music that is dynamic and interactive with the listener.
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Review and debug their code to prepare their song for final submission.
Computer Science Standards
CSP Standards
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5.3 Programming is facilitated by appropriate abstractions
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5.3.1 Use abstraction to manage complexity in programs. [P3]
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5.3.1A Procedures are reusable programming abstractions.
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5.3.1B A function is a named grouping of programming instructions.
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5.3.1C Procedures reduce the complexity of writing and maintaining programs.
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5.4.1 Evaluate the correctness of a program. [P4]
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5.4.1D Longer code blocks are harder to reason about than shorter code blocks in a program.
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5.4.1E Locating and correcting errors in a program is called debugging the program.
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5.4.1F Knowledge of what a program is supposed to do is required in order to find most program errors.
AP CSP Essential Knowledge
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EK 5.3.1A Procedures are reusable programming abstractions
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EK 5.3.1B A procedure is a named grouping of programming instructions.
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EK 5.3.1C Procedures reduce the complexity of writing and maintaining programs
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EK 5.3.1D Procedures have names and may have parameters and return values.
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EK 5.3.1F Parameters generalize a solution by allowing a procedure to be used instead of duplicated code.
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EK 5.3.1G Parameters provide different values as input to procedures when they are called in a program
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EK 5.3.1L Using lists and procedures as abstractions in programming can result in programs that are easier to develop and maintain.
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EK 5.4.1B Duplicated code can make it harder to reason about a program
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EK 5.4.1D Longer code segments are harder to reason about than shorter code segments in a program.
Curriculum Materials
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