The subject of a developing crowdfunding campaign, Notagrama caught our eye last month as a really interesting way of teaching music on the Raspberry Pi in a way very different to Sonic Pi. We reached out to creator Daniel Marcial to chat about it.
This article was written by Rob Zwetsloot and appears in The MagPi 63.
What is Notagrama?
The Notagrama is an educational product consisting of a large sheet with two staves, chips in the form of musical symbols, and a computer capable of reproducing the melody formed by the chips. It works with machine vision technology: it has a camera placed above the sheet with which the computer determines the position and shape of the chips to constitute a melody and reproduce it by the speakers. The Notagrama can be used to practise reading and writing scores, composing melodies, imparting music classes, or to have fun playing with musical notes. … // Read more: original article.
