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WorksheetsSonic-Pi
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 23mins
For the next few questions you need to first watch the first 14 minutes of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1mBqKvIyU
What did the students answer when Sam asked them why they bothered to read and write if they are not going to become a professional writer?
So I can express myself
So I can read contracts
So I can write it down and later come back to it and read it again
So I can keep a dairy
If someone can't read or write I can teach them because they are disadvantaged
True or False?
The fundamental thing Sam Aaron is talking about is: Just as you are not learning to read and write to become a professional writer, you are not learning to code to become a professional coder.
True
False
What does Sam Aaron say is so great about numbers?
You can add them
They can go up and they can go down
You can add lots of numbers
You can combine the numbers
When you code music and you code play and a number, what changes when you make the number go up?
The music is faster
The pitch goes up
The pitch goes down
The music is slower
What did the tweet say about how this guy annoyed his dog?
He made barking sounds
He made explosive sounds
He made sounds like cats
He was coding really high beeps
What does Sam Aaron say is the thing with kids and games?
Kids want instant satisfaction
Kids will rather play than learn
Kids have very high expectations
Kids want to learn though playing games
What is the live loop?
The loop is alive
It is similar to other coding programs
It is like other loops and goes around
It is a loop that you can change while playing
What will happen when I code this:
play 60
play 62
play 64
play 60
It will play a melody with those 4 notes
It will sound like a chord because the notes will play together at the same time
If you want Sonic-pi to play each note in a sequence, you have to tell the software to take a break every now and then. How?
play 60
sleep 1
play 62
sleep 1
play 64
sleep 1
play 60
play 60
stop 1
play 62
stop 1
play 64
stop 1
play 60
You can write the notes in _____ , which is basically numbers
between 0 and 127
MIDI
MIPI
MINI
DINI
When you want to repeat melodies twice, how can you code it instead of copying and pasting the melody?
Write 2.times do to the beginning of your melody and end to the end of your melody
Write do 2 times to the beginning of your melody and end to the end of your melody
Write do.two times to the beginning of your melody and end to the end of your melody
Write do 2.times to the beginning of your melody and end to the end of your melody
When you create a simple drum beat, consisting of a kick drum, snare and hi-hat, you’ll get to use two things:
drums do
drum_heavy_kick
live_loop and sample
live_loop drums
True or False?
Live_loop is an endless repeating loop that can be synchronised with other live_loops (a live_loop has to have at least one sleep)
True
False
How will a typical drum beat coding start?
live_loop :drums do
use_bpm 100
sample :drum_heavy_kick
sample :drum_heavy_kick
To change the tempo of the drum beat you change the number after ___?
bpm
play
sleep
sample
Why does Samm Aaron is it important for everybody to learn coding?
To better express themselves
You can remember things with coding
Coding is amazing at capturing process
People who can't code are disadvantaged
