[gcompris-devel] Applying as a student for GSoC

[Karthik S]

Hi,

Yes there is goal for the activity.
The pentatonic scale as the name suggests consists of 5 notes per scale.
It is easy to grasp and more receptive than the heptatonic scale.
Thus it is easy for the Children to grasp it easily.

This activity is going to make the Children sing along.
It teaches by assigning one position to a particular note. (The position is
relative).
What I mean is. As a song consists of those 5 notes from different scales.
We are plotting each note on the screen (say with a ball or some attractive
shape) in sync with the song.
After practicing well they can move to the Sing Alone mode where only the
plotting happens but no song is played.

There is another level where between the Sing Along and Sing Alone mode
which makes the children predict the next note, by not playing the music for
a particular note but just plotting the position.
This is well proved to be an effective mind game, creative activity and also
a really effective way of practicing music.

This is a type of Orff based approach for music education (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orff_Schulwerk )

Could you please tell me what I could work on next?
Should i structure it even better? are there any formats?
Or shall i start working on a particular module.

Another question I have is, To be selected for GSoC is this a good enough
project or I should suggest more?

Thanks a lot for the opportunity,
I'd love to contribute for GNOME and specifically Gcompris :)

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:40 AM, Bruno Coudoin
<bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net>wrote:

> Le samedi 19 mars 2011 à 22:59 +0530, Karthik S a écrit :
> > Yes, My previous idea seems to be more or less the same which is already
> > available.
> >
> > I have got another idea :
> > An activity based on Music : Pentatonic scale and expectations when you
> > combine Positions with Musical notes.
> >
> > its based on the pentatonic scale of music.
> >
> > Initially there ll be a dot which changes positions according to the
> notes.
> > If its a lower note then it ll be at the left side, higher note the
> position
> > change to the right.
> > And after practising few times along with the computer the position of
> the
> > dot alone moves without the audio (which can be toggled) making the user
> to
> > sing without any prompting.
> >
> > Thus at the lower levels we can teach them slow songs, the speed and
> > complexity can be increased at the higher levels.
> >
> > The science behind this is explained in this video by Bobby Mcferrin :
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk
>
> Hi,
>
> That sounds like a good idea. In term of educational aspect, Wikipedia
> mention pentatonic scale as being relevant for small children:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic_scale
>
> But I don't really get your description of the activity. Could you
> please describe a little bit more how the children will interact with
> the software, is there a goal or a free creativity activity ?
>
> Bruno.
>
>
>
>
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