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When I tested the piano with the remapped Makey Makey, I noticed that two of the notes were playing at the same time when only one of them were touched. I eventually figured out tha this was happening because the aligator clips were touching and these are metal, therefore conductive. I have now put electricalContinue reading “Troubleshooting the Large Scale Floor piano”

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This was super simple! All I had to do was go to this link: https://makeymakey.com/blogs/how-to-instructions/remap?_pos=1&_sid=d52d5f5e3&_ss=r There were step by step instructions which meant that remapping only took about 15 minutes. I assigned the following keys:

We did it! 6 hours, 2 blocks of cheese and 1 pack of tim tams later, we completed our large scale floor piano! We started by sticking our yoga mats to the bottom of our large piece of plywood. The idea behind this is that when people are jumping on the keys, it will giveContinue reading “Building the Large Scale Floor piano”

I booked a workshop for a few people doing my degree at uni and me to learn how to use a 3D printer. It was a really useful hour workshop. The main things we learned were: Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/ (where you can design projects from scratch for the 3D printer) Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/ (pre-made designs/projects that youContinue reading “3D Printing”

To choose the key of my composition I looked at the instrumentation I wanted. I had already decided I wanted a clarinet to play the melody. The clarinet is a Bb instruments therefore I decided I would write in Bb Major. I then had to transpose the chord progression, from my model piece, that IContinue reading “Choosing a Key”

One of my classes at uni this semester requires me to compose a 2-3 minute piece based on a model piece of my choice. The model piece I have selected is ‘Maleficent Flies’ by James Newton Howard from the film ‘Maleficent’. It is the same piece I used as the model in my ‘Composing withContinue reading “Composing an Original Piece Based on a Model”

We have decided to use the Makey Makey rather than the Touchboard due to the two following factors: The website which has step by step instructions for this type of project uses the makey makey and Scratch to develop it therefore it was easier to do the same as this rather than figuring out ourselvesContinue reading “Bare Conductive Touchboard or Makey Makey?”

We found an amazing link online which gave us a great starting point for designing our own Piano using supplies that are easily attainable and mostly affordable. https://www.instructables.com/id/3-Ways-to-Build-a-Makey-Makey-Floor-Piano/ To program sounds to play when the keys were touched, we considered purchasing either a Bare Conductive Touchboard or a Makey Makey however the amazing James HumberstoneContinue reading “Large scale floor piano that won’t break the bank account…”

For the POL I have decided to team up with Rachelle Pieri (pierimusic.tech.blog) to create a larger, more awesome project. Our original idea was to construct our own theremin and produce an accompanying website as a teachers resource kit on how to use it to teach in the classroom. After this, we brainstormed again andContinue reading “A Negotiated Digital Project – The Concept”