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02 Feb 2012 20:40 #1687 by lzp11
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Ok, so I have been racking my brains for useful piano and solfege related activities to try with my DD aged 2yr 9 months, who is not quite ready for the piano and computer element of the programme.

I came up with the idea of creating a powerpoint presentation to go with the introductory songs - to help learn the order of notes etc - hopefully this will make the transition to actually playing the piano easier.

I have tried to create a presentation with fairly accurate tempo, so for HCB I needed to create 3 different Do's (1 second, 2 seconds and 4 seconds). It was a bit of a stretch to create the 4s clip - so apologies this sounds slightly odd.

I'll upload this to the sharing forum too but wanted to get some feedback first if people think this is helpful / worth doing the rest of the intro songs??

Also, any suggestions for improvements??

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15 Feb 2012 04:03 #2008 by Mrs.Post
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Let me first say that I will get you the other music files by the weekend. My niece is coming for three days and I hope she will provide my guy with a distraction, I will have to pay her, but it is worth it.

Second, I like this file. It is a little choppy however. I've been wondering how to do just the same thing. I think going over the song in solfege really helped C. our little D.S. girl. She has the song memorized so she knows what note is supposed to come next. I don't have time to put something more together, so whatever idea I put forth is me talking out loud.

What if I separate the second part of the music alphabet? The first section is slow, the second is faster the third is with the rap. I think it might help the choppiness. The other thing I was thinking and I don't know how to do it, but a animation with the notes and the note changes color when it is played. I don't know if this is clear or not. But I think that would be good.

Sonya

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15 Feb 2012 13:47 #2018 by lzp11
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Thanks Sonya - there is no rush for the files - I have been meaning to do some myself but have also been a bit overloaded. I'm preparing to go back to work in 2 weeks and I have a LOT of preparation to do after 9 months break. Feels like I know nothing at all - yikes!

Anyway, I did try to improve this file a bit - it's posted in the sharing files forum: www.softmozart.com/forum/31-share-files/...roductory-songs.html

It still does sound choppy but maybe a little better. What do you think? I listened to the rest of track one and did try cutting out the shorter notes later in the track, but they have a different backing track so it also sounds a bit funny. I'm not sure it was any better.

Let me know what you think and happy to try some different ideas!
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16 Feb 2012 02:38 #2026 by hellene
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Mrs.Post wrote: Let me first say that I will get you the other music files by the weekend. My niece is coming for three days and I hope she will provide my guy with a distraction, I will have to pay her, but it is worth it.

Second, I like this file. It is a little choppy however. I've been wondering how to do just the same thing. I think going over the song in solfege really helped C. our little D.S. girl. She has the song memorized so she knows what note is supposed to come next. I don't have time to put something more together, so whatever idea I put forth is me talking out loud.

What if I separate the second part of the music alphabet? The first section is slow, the second is faster the third is with the rap. I think it might help the choppiness. The other thing I was thinking and I don't know how to do it, but a animation with the notes and the note changes color when it is played. I don't know if this is clear or not. But I think that would be good.

Sonya


Sonya, let me know, if you need pictures in red and blue. We have these files.
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18 Feb 2012 19:35 #2051 by lzp11
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hellene wrote:

Mrs.Post wrote: Sonya, let me know, if you need pictures in red and blue. We have these files.


Hellene, I've been able to change the colours of the icons for a powerpoint of Jingle Bells - but felt it made more sense to use 4 colours rather than trying to match to the red and blue since the same note is repeated several times. I've uploaded to the share forum.

It still sounds a little choppy but I'm not sure that there's any way to make it 'perfect' and I think it will work as a teaching aid alongside SM etc.

Any thoughts / ideas / suggestions for improvement from everyone welcome :)

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18 Feb 2012 20:32 #2052 by Mrs.Post
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Lee,

I just ordered DrawPlus 5. We needed it for other reasons than SM. There is a feature in there that will allow me to make a flash animation. I am wondering if I run the files through something like audacity and speed things up or slow them down if I can't make this work. I was thinking of putting the notes on the staff vertically just as it is in Gentle Piano.

I think I can come up with the time provided I get my upstairs finished tonight and I have a grant to start for the BK conference, but I think I can swing it. The program isn't here yet, but it will be by MOnday or Tuesday.

Lee, I don't use Microsoft products, I use OpenOffice. I just like it better. However, what I can't do is create a powerpoint. I think if I just email you the flash animation, we can do this. I am going to get the audio files done this weekend also. I know, I have high hopes, but this weekend is less busy than the last 4 or 5.

Thanks for the great idea.
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