FLA Week 2: Learning Music Notes, Rests, Clefs, by using stickers. – SCOPES-DF
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Lesson Details

Subjects *
Arts, Design, Engineering, Music
Age Ranges *
All ages
Fab Tools *
Vinyl Cutter, Vinyl Printer/Cutter, Scissors, Inkscape
Standards
Fab-Safety.1, Fab-Fabrication.1, Fab-Design.1
Author
Chaik Haw Ren

Author

Chaik Haw Ren
K-12 teacher

Summary

One of the first places to start when studying music is to learn about all the types of musical notes there are. Knowing the names of all these notes, as well as their time values, how to draw them, and what the parts of the notes are called is key to being able to read music well.

In general, we are making use of the vinyl cutter to make a wide range of stickers in all kinds of notes, rests, clefs, etc. For all beginners, they should be able to relate the notes, rests, and clefs with their names.

What You'll Need

Targeted number of people in class: 10-12 people;

Planned group: 3-4 groups;

3-4 nos. laptops that contain Inkscape & Silhouette Studio software;

2 nos. CAMEO Vinyl Cutters;

Various colour sticker papers;

Weeding tool sets.

Lesson Materials

The Instructions

Converting a JPEG file to an VECTOR file.

Open a JPEG file using InkScape software. Trace the selected picture and adjust the threshold for clearer image view, then save as a SVG file.

1)     Select a JPEG/PNG file. For this time, I choose a Music Notes image.

2)  Open InkScape software to trace the outline of the Music notes image. Click “Files” –> Open.

3)    Selected file –> “Open” button.

4)     Select “OK”.

5)     The selected file will occur on main screen.

6)     Click on the image for tracing on making it to a sticker.

7)     Adjust the “Threshold” option to optimal the visibility of the image. Smaller value will fade away the lines, while larger value will make the image looks darker.

                    

8)     Click “Apply” button once confirm the “Threshold” value.

9)     Drag the “PATH” out from the “IMAGE” of the file.

10)  Remove the “IMAGE” of the file.

11)  Save the “IMAGE” file as SVG file.

Programme the machine language for the Vinyl Cutter to cut out the sticker

Open the Silhouette Studio software, open the SVG file that have saved in the previous steps and trace the outline of the image. Connect the laptop to the Vinyl Cutter and set all the respective parameters before send for cutting.

1)     Open Silhouette Studio software. Go to “File” –> “Open” the SVG file.