Students will be able to...
- Define and identify: rhythm, beat, tempo, measures,
setEffect(),makeBeat(). - Demonstrate beats using the functions.
- Demonstrate a loop through items in a list.
- 5.02 Slide Deck
- Do Now
- Lab - EarSketch Music (docx) (pdf)
- EarSketch Editor
- Associated Reading in EarSketch.
- Read through the do now, lesson, and lab so that you are familiar with the requirements and can assist students.
| Duration | Description |
|---|---|
| 5 Minutes | Do Now |
| 10 Minutes | Lesson |
| 35 Minutes | Lab |
| 5 Minutes | Debrief |
- Students should be given time to read unit 2 of the EarSketch documentation.
- Students should answer the questions included in the do now and be prepared to discuss them as a class.
- Call on students to discuss the answers to the questions from the Do Now.
- Rhythm: describing how the music moves through time.
- beat is the basic unit of time in music.
- clapped along to a song, you are clapping on each beat.
- The length of a beat depends on the overall speed of the song, called the
tempo. - Beats are grouped into measures. In EarSketch, measures always have four beats.
makeBeat(): instead of composing at the measure-level, we can work at the note-level.- parameters: clip name, track number, measure number, beat string
- Tempo is measured in beats per minute (bpm).
- Clapping at 60 bpm, each beat lasts one second.
- At 120 bpm, each beat takes half a second.
- The higher the bpm, the faster the song and the shorter the duration of each beat.
setEffect(): add an effect to a track.- Takes parameters: track number, effect name, effect parameter, effect value.
- Follow the EarSketch instructions in the lab to use the
makeBeat()function. - Create a simple song with 2 uses of
fitMedia(), 2 uses ofmakeBeat()and 1 use of an effect.
- Talk about the new functions learned today, and go over any questions about data types and using strings.
- Have students write down two things they have learned so far in Earsketch.
Students can use looping and if statements to their song as an extension activity to make their songs more complex.
Students will likely bring a wide range of background knowledge around music and the related terminology. Offer additional support to those students that are less familiar with the terms being introduced in this lesson.