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Category: Music

By Geeks out of the Box Posted on November 23, 2017

Just a couple piano pieces as an intermezzo

   

Categories: Music, Piano, UncategorizedTags: Bach, Brahms, homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on November 12, 2017

à quatre mains

Here is Simon playing à quatre mains with his little sis, something he loves doing since she started piano lessons. She is not very keen on taking instructions, which upsets Simon enormously … Continue reading à quatre mains

Categories: motor skills, Music, Notes on everyday life, PiTop, Simon teaching, Together with sisTags: homeschooling, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on July 12, 2017

Simon plays Wagner

Simon playing an adapted piece from Wagner’s Tannhäuser and getting annoyed as the teacher is trying to help him through singing. A nice example of Simon’s hypersensitivity.

Categories: Music, PianoTags: homeschooling, Music, Piano, Wagner
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on July 1, 2017

Clementi

Simon playing Clementi’s Sonatina:

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Clementi, Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on June 2, 2017

Simon playing Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony

Simon’s favorite piece for the moment – Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony:

Categories: Music, Piano, UncategorizedTags: homeschooling, Music, Piano, Schubert, Unfinished Symphony
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

And some music

This is currently Simon’s favourite piece – an adapted take on Saint-Saens’ Samson and Dalila:    

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 5, 2017

A little bit of Grieg

Categories: Milestones, Music, PianoTags: Grieg, Music, Piano, Piano Concerto
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on December 22, 2016December 23, 2016

Sound Synthesis in JavaScript

Familiar synth noises at our home again! This time synthesized in JavaScript. Simon has been following Daniel Shiffman’s Sound Tutorials and studied the codes to create oscillators and ADSR Envelope. … Continue reading Sound Synthesis in JavaScript

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, Milestones, Music, PhysicsTags: ADSR, JavaScript, P5, soundwave, synth
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on September 20, 2016

Latest Piano Picks

This one is such a joy to see, especially considering Simon has learned it within a week. In the following video Simon plays a piece composed by a 9 year … Continue reading Latest Piano Picks

Categories: Music, PianoTags: Music, Piano
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on September 20, 2016September 20, 2016

Disco!

It’s been a great weekend with our Amsterdam friends. We visited two households and at both Simon was given workshops by advanced users of synth software and hardware. He was … Continue reading Disco!

Categories: Electricity, Music, PhysicsTags: electronic music, Music
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on September 14, 2016

Infrared remote controlling littleBits

Simon was experimenting with changing sound frequency using infrared light today. The light sensor in his electric circuit reacts to any light, including infrared light. Different remote controls resulted in … Continue reading Infrared remote controlling littleBits

Categories: Electricity, LittleBits, MusicTags: Electricity, LittleBits
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on September 5, 2016

Simon studied prototype modules today

In this video Simon explains the use of the LittleBits proto module (a module that can be worked on to make your own new module) using a graph he made … Continue reading Simon studied prototype modules today

Categories: Electricity, LittleBits, MusicTags: Electricity, electronic music, LittleBits

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