Level Up with Scratch: Make Some Music with Scratch
Using sound in a game, animation, story, or interactive project can add depth and emotion. The Scratch sound library is full of a variety of sound effects, instrument notes, and music loops, or there is an option to upload your own sound clips. And by adding the music extension blocks, you can use the sounds of a variety of instruments and actual notes with customizable beat lengths to create digital instruments, songs, and more! Join us to explore some of the ways you can use sound and add another element of creativity to Scratch projects.
The Scratch Foundation is grateful to AT&T for its support of this workshop series. We have teamed up with The Achievery from AT&T to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) by using our custom code "SCRATCH" when you register to support our work at theachievery.com.
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Scratch
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Educators and FacilitatorsStudents and Learners
Experience Level
IntermediateAdvanced Concepts
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Creative Learning: Abstracting and ModularizingCreative Learning: Experimenting and IteratingCreative Learning: Reusing and RemixingCreative Learning: Testing and DebuggingExtension BlockMusic
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English
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Sound and MusicExplore the Scratch sound library, which is full of a variety of sound effects, voices, and longer sound loops. Try the music extension blocks that let you use the sounds of a variety of instruments and actual notes with customizable beat lengths to create digital instruments, songs, and more! Using sound in a game, animation, story, or interactive project can add depth and emotion. From the Scratch sound library, recording your own sound, uploading a sound, or using music blocks, experiment with options to make your sound project interactive using inputs like keyboard keys, the mouse, video motion, or even the features of your face or the Makey Makey combined with items like bananas!
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The Scratch Foundation is grateful to AT&T for its support of this workshop series. We have teamed up with The Achievery from AT&T to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) by using our custom code "SCRATCH" when you register to support our work at theachievery.com.
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The Scratch Foundation is grateful to AT&T for its support of this workshop series. We have teamed up with The Achievery from AT&T to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) by using our custom code "SCRATCH" when you register to support our work at theachievery.com.
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The Scratch Foundation is grateful to AT&T for its support of this workshop series. We have teamed up with The Achievery from AT&T to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) by using our custom code "SCRATCH" when you register to support our work at theachievery.com.
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The Scratch Foundation is grateful to AT&T for its support of this workshop series. We have teamed up with The Achievery from AT&T to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) by using our custom code "SCRATCH" when you register to support our work at theachievery.com.
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The Scratch Foundation is grateful to AT&T for its support of this workshop series. We have teamed up with The Achievery from AT&T to provide free beginner and intermediate creative coding lesson plans on a variety of topics for educators, caregivers, and learners. Sign up (for free!) by using our custom code "SCRATCH" when you register to support our work at theachievery.com.
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