[Microbit-Python] Is Bach Prelude in C the right example for the musical API?

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Cool...

Yes we have rests. The complete API is described here:

http://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.org/en/latest/music.html

"r" is for rests. It's all very simple. ;-)

N.

On 07/12/15 09:39, Nick Sarbicki wrote:
> Sorry tutorial may have been a misleading choice of words.
> 
> I was browsing the github and came across the old example.
> 
> Going over it in more detail I've found several more coded in.
> 
> Out of interest have we got rests programmed into the module?
> 
> Nick.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:01 AM Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org
> <mailto:ntoll at ntoll.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     Where are you seeing this tutorial? I designed the music API and I've
>     not written a tutorial for it. There's a relatively old music example
>     but that can be easily changed.
> 
>     Totally agree about the music being engaging and appropriate for the
>     target year group.
> 
>     N.
> 
>     On 06/12/15 21:15, Nick Sarbicki wrote:
>     > Sorry if this has already been discussed. I've skimmed the previous
>     > threads and haven't found anything on this.
>     >
>     > I for one love Bach.
>     >
>     > My 9 year old nephew only knows him from being forced to play Bach
>     > pieces during piano lessons.
>     >
>     > Most other kids I teach at the Dojo I'm fairly sure wouldn't have
>     a clue.
>     >
>     > Do we think it would be better to have a different song as the main
>     > tutorial for the music API? My immediate thought was The Entertainer
>     > which most kids are taught at school (they still are right? I'm
>     not just
>     > getting old?). But maybe even that is too old-fashioned.
>     >
>     > If we want to actively address the gender imbalance in programming
>     today
>     > we could even put on "Let It Go" (that was a joke, please don't
>     take it
>     > seriously).
>     >
>     > - Nick.
>     >
>     >
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