Sonic Pi – Introduction Lesson 1

Lesson Aim

  • Pupils understand sound can be represented as numbers in a computer
  • Learn to create music clips in Sonic Pi

Starter

Demonstration of the Sonic Pi software and how it plays sounds based on numbers.

Main

Pupils to work through the introductory tutorials to Sonic Pi.

Tutorial 1

Tutorial 2

Plenary

Listen to music clips created on Sonic Pi to show the possibilities of creating complex music with the software