[Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Music Keyboard-6

[Gonzalo Odiard]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Caryl Bigenho <caryl at laptop.org> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Yes, I do have a AB in Music and an MA in Music Ed. I need to take a look
> at the keyboard to see how Gonzalo has laid it out.  But there are a few
> factors to think about.
>
> There are 2 systems using Do-Re-Mi in solfege, the "fixed Do" and the
> "movable Do." With the fixed Do method, Do is always the note C, Sol is
> always G and so forth. This method is used in many places. The "movable Do"
> method is where Do is the first note of the scale, so if a song is in the
> key of G (for example), Do will be G, Sol will be D and so forth.
>
> Supposedly these methods are used in different locales. In the US we use
> the movable Do. Latin America supposedly uses the fixed Do, however, when I
> asked the teachers in Uruguay (at Rosamel's school) whether they were using
> the fixed Do or the movable Do, they indicated they used the movable Do.
>
> More importantly, Tam Tam uses the movable Do! This is evident when you
> switch to different "instruments" and test them with an electric tuner
> (which I have done). You will see that what would be the C key on most
> keyboard instruments may be something entirely different. So, it seems
> logical to use the movable Do with the XO. Maybe that is why they use it in
> Uruguay with their XOs.
>
>
At least one teacher complained about this issue with TamTam. He said the
kids can't play a song with multiple instruments due to different tuning.


> Now, for the syllables... Do, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do are standard for
> the major scale in the US and many other countries. Some countries (Uruguay
> for example) use Si instead of Ti for the 7th tone. The Kodaly method (a
> method of teaching music to children) also uses the movable Do.
>
>
At least in Argentina, "Si" is used instead of "Ti"



> I suggest you might want to look over the little FLOSS manual I have put
> together for Tam Tam if you want to learn a little bit more about this. I
> still haven't done the final edits, but it is quite usable the way it is.
>
> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/fun-with-tam-tam/_full/
>
>
Great.


> Now... I just had what one of my Ed Profs called a "BGO" (Blazing Glimpse
> of the Obvious). If the XO-4 is going to have an on-screen keyboard there
> is no reason why there couldn't be alternate keyboards available. One to
> consider using would be for the pentatonic (5 tone) scale used by Orff
> Schulwerke. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orff_Schulwerk).
>
> To use an Orff-like method with the XOs someone (probably me, I guess)
> would need to take a deeper look into its workings and come up with some
> suitable lessons that would be easy for teachers to use. We probably
> wouldn't want to call it Orff Schulwerke as that name is probably
> protected, but some of the same techniques could be used, which I think you
> will see fit in nicely with PBL, Cooperative Learning, and Constructionism.
>
> I know this is way more information than you wanted, but it is food for
> thought!
>

This is more than I can do right now. But if anybody is interested, is
welcomed.

Gonzalo
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