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Sound Blocks

The document discusses using sound and music blocks in EV3 programming. It covers adding sound blocks to the palette, playing different tones and instruments, recording custom sounds, and gives an example of composing a short piece of music using the blocks.

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Sound Blocks

The document discusses using sound and music blocks in EV3 programming. It covers adding sound blocks to the palette, playing different tones and instruments, recording custom sounds, and gives an example of composing a short piece of music using the blocks.

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PRIME LESSONS

By the Makers of EV3Lessons

USING SOUND & MUSIC BLOCKS


BY SANJAY AND ARVIND SESHAN
LESSON OBJECTIVES

¢ Learn how to use sound blocks


¢ Learn how to create and modify sounds
¢ Learn how to add the Music Blocks to the Palette
¢ Compose some music

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SOUND BLOCKS

¢ Sound blocks can be found in two of


the Block Palettes
¢ The Music Blocks must be added to
your Block Palette using Extensions
¢ You can play tones, change instruments
and even create custom sounds
¢ Sound blocks can be added to your
projects for fun, but also for debugging
purposes – e.g. they can be used to
indicate when a piece of code has
completed
¢ Note: Only the play “beep” sound
blocks actually play on the Hub. The
other sounds play on your device
(laptop/tablet, etc.)

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ADDING MORE SOUNDS

¢ You Add more sounds using the dropdown


menu
¢ There are many sounds in the Sound Library
¢ Once you select the sound, you can also
modify them

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RECORDING CUSTOM SOUNDS

¢ You can record custom sounds in two ways: either from the “record” or “add menu”

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CHALLENGE AND SAMPLE SOLUTION

¢ Play an instrument
¢ Add the Music Extension Blocks by clicking on the Extensions Icon at the bottom of the
Block Palette
¢ Pick your favorite instrument
¢ Compose a short piece of music and play it 4 times

The instrument is set to Clarinet


Music is played 4 times using the Repeat Block
Four notes are played

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CREDITS

¢ This lesson was created by Sanjay Seshan and Arvind Seshan for Prime Lessons
¢ More lessons are available at [Link]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International


License.
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