[gcompris-devel] Applying as a student for GSoC

[Karthik S]

Hi sir,

I thought of adding a "Rhyme along" activity which consists of kindergarten
Rhymes which is usually thought to kids of age group 2-10. This can be added
to the "Reading" type activities. Am also thinking of having a play button
which sings out the rhyme for the user.

Thanks a lot,
*Karthik Subramanian
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net>wrote:

> Le mardi 05 avril 2011 à 11:31 +0530, Karthik S a écrit :
> > Hi sir,
> >
> > Yes, I learnt "Carnatic Music" and I think I have enough knowledge to
> > implement this.
> > This particular (Pentatonic scale) translates to a 'Raaga' called
> 'Mohanam'
> > in Carnatic Music.
> > So till now I have collected Music in Mohanam Raaga and also am
> collecting
> > Music with English Lyrics so that it can be used widely.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_music
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohanam
> >
> > My previous project was to build a musical keyboard using c++. But I did
> not
> > use any external APIs, used the native sound() function. I set up a
> > particular frequency for each note and assigned a particular key in the
> > keyboard to play that note. It was a great hit and fetched me the first
> > prize in a programming competition at my place.
>
> Can I see the code source you produced at that time.
>
> > So my proposal apart from the previous project I mentioned will be like
> >
> >    - Add a music library : probably to play MIDI which goes in hand with
> >    playing musical notes.
>
> Midi has always been problematic, especially for multi-platform
> application. I would prefer that we get the notes as wav files and play
> them when needed or use a library like csound.
>
> >    - Add a Musical Keyboard playing activity which is again not totally
> fun
> >    based but learning activity. Each note is mapped to each key in the
> keyboard
> >    and thus allows the user to play a particular song by him/herself.
>
> It's a free play mode or there is a goal, if not how do you qualify it
> as learning activity ?
>
> >    - Now this requires training. Another feature of this application will
> be
> >    like giving the input in the form of notes in a text file. eg : C D E
> A G C
> >    This will also have another variable with respect to time (sustain :
> for how
> >    long the note has to continue) so the input will now look like C(2)
> D(1)
> >    E(4) A(1) G(1) C(5) . Thus this is how the notes can be stored and
> allowed
> >    to play.
>
> Does the children have a real time feedback with a time line or
> something ?
>
> >    - We could also add another game based on Rhythm :
> >    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_game . This will consist of
> pressing
> >    the right button at the right time. It is proved to increase the
> player's
> >    sense of rhythm a lot. So a music will be playing in the background
> and
> >    players must press the buttons at a precise time corresponding to the
> >    sequence dictated on the screen which will sync with the music played
> at the
> >    back.
>
> I like it, it's like frets on fire in the concept but we don't need the
> 3D stuff. This is very addictive and fun.
> http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/
>
> > I think this will be enough for the 3 month workload you mentioned.
>
> That sounds reasonable.
>
> > Am getting ready with the Exact formatted proposal now.Also please let me
> know
> > what other things should I show to prove my technical knowledge.
>
> I don't remember if I asked you about your contributions to free
> software, if so mention it in you application.
>
> Bruno.
>
>
>
>
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