1. Cosmic Chorus

2. Step 1: Adding Sprites and costumes
Add Gobo Sprite from the Fantasy category
Keep the Cat Sprite, we’ll use him to conduct the chorus but not shown on stage.
Add another sprite as the soloist. I used the Pico

3. Explain Sounds: Two types…notes or effects
Gobo Sprite:
Click on the “Sound” tab
Add a new sound from the Library.
Notice the number below the sound name, 00:00.51 is the length of the sound.
The larger the wave form, the louder the beat.

4. Explain Sound Block
Basic controls

5. Explain Sound Block Sound Effects Play Drum: Choose drum (1-18)
Choose beat
Rest: adds a short silence in your music.
Play note < > for beats: Then number corresponds to the sound of the note
Set instrument: Choose instrument (1-20). 1 = piano
Set tempo: speed of music
Tempo: variable used to see what current speed is.

6. Step 2: Stage Add the Moon backdrop to the stage
Create a 2nd backdrop… Student designs their production logo using the draw features. Logo must include Student’s Name.
Add script as seen

7. Step 3: Hide Sprites When Clicked. Add to each sprite listed below.

8. Step 4: Making 1st Gobo Sing
Add a ‘When I receive’:
Add, code to position Gobo
To see Gobo jump up slightly by ‘y’ coordinate,
open its mouth by ‘changing costumes,
sing the sound effect,
close its mouth by ‘changing costumes’.

9. Step 5: Conductor… Click the Cat
Add the following to the cat:
Event: When I Receive
Hide
Loop-forever
Loop-if
“Sensing” key < > is pressed
Broadcast and wait
Message – sing-1

10. Step 6: Note Singer Add, When I receive ‘Start Game’
Set Singers position in world
Set instrument option
Show
Create a variable ‘note’ available to all.
Do NOT show in window.
Add, When I receive ‘pico-sing’
Add, switch costume
Add, Play note < > for <0,5> beats
Add ‘note’ variable to parameters of ‘play note’
Add, switch costume back.

11. Step 7: Updating Conductor… Click the Cat
Add an additional ‘if’ statement to current Cat code.
‘if < > then’
Add Sensing block ‘key < > pressed’ then
Add, ‘set <note> to < 48 >’
Add, broadcast <pico-sing> & wait

12. Have students complete the remaining code:
There should be a total of 5 GoBo
Key sequence 1-5
Each GoBo should begin at a new ‘x’ & ‘y’ location
Each should move on the ‘y’ access at various levels.
There is only on Pico, but he has a number of costumes… made need to create additional costumes by changing directions, facial expressions, color.
Key sequence: top letter key row… q – p
Notes range:

13. Final code for conductor sprite

14. Final code for PICO and all other singers