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Posted by Marchella Baldwin in STORY-002 onI'm going to San Francisco! I'm one of six people going as entourage to root on Sinnea and the rest of Philly's Brave New Voices team. This is a tremendous opportunity and I'm extremely gracious that I'm going. Now we just need to fundraise money. Our fundraising goal is $20,000. We're off to a great start with almost $7,000 dollars raised. If anybody knows of anybody who can help please send them to pypm215.org. Any help is extremely appreciated. People who are social media savvy please tweet the link and put on you facebook walls! Thanks!
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Musical Instrument Blog #1
Posted by Amaris Romero in PHYS-004 onGuitar
You play the guitar by using a pick or your fingers. It basically consist of strings and your just plucking them with the pick or your fingers. When the string is plucked from the guitar the string vibrates and it causes a sound wave. The sound waves move down the guitar till it hits the guitar's bridge which is basically where the stings are attached, and from the there the top vibrates, from there the inside of the guitar, the walls bounce out and from there creates a note from the sound waves.
When you change the note of a guitar you change the position of where you fingers and the pick originally are at, at that moment. You have to pluck different strings in order to change the note. The guitar is shaped like a spatula in a way. It is shaped that way because the strings which are towards the top in flat like a handle and starts to get thicker towards the bottom and to me it seems and looks like a spatula in a way. I can create sound by applying vibrations when I pluck the string and from there is causes sound waves and creates a note. You can change the sound by plucking a different string. I feel like energy is being released and from there the vibration moves and forms sound waves.I pretty much knew all of this and knew it would occur this way.
When you change the note of a guitar you change the position of where you fingers and the pick originally are at, at that moment. You have to pluck different strings in order to change the note. The guitar is shaped like a spatula in a way. It is shaped that way because the strings which are towards the top in flat like a handle and starts to get thicker towards the bottom and to me it seems and looks like a spatula in a way. I can create sound by applying vibrations when I pluck the string and from there is causes sound waves and creates a note. You can change the sound by plucking a different string. I feel like energy is being released and from there the vibration moves and forms sound waves.I pretty much knew all of this and knew it would occur this way.
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Posted by Emma Connell in STORY-001 onIt's nice to just relax alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll weekend. Yesterday there was a kinetic fair thing. It was pretty cool. Some kids in the engineering club were there. They made a bike in the model of a rocket. My manicure is chipped already.
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Relaxing.
Posted by Evett Hawks in STORY-001 onYesterday I walked around with stefen and these other two girls. We walked from 42 to university center and walked on the u-penn campus. there was a pond full of turtles ,ducks and Koi fish. There was a giant koi fish and we named him/her magikarp on the other side of the lake was a guy playing guitar making a mood and stuff.we bought bread and feed them to the ducks and koi and walked partially to 30th and market then back to Zachs house after that zach and stefen walked me to 40th street and I went home from there and I almost got hit by a car while dancing in the street. Fantastic day.
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Food Fight
Posted by Taylor Valentine in STORY-002 onMy mom and I have very different definitions of the word "enough". I tend to fall on the lighter end, while with her, a party for 8 becomes a gathering for 20. I like to think that I am usually right, that we have too much food. However, there are times when I wish we had a little more. Today we went food shopping together and, despite my protests. came home with 5 bags of chips, 4 trays of sushi, 3 packages of cookies, 2 pounds each of nuts and carrots and 2 tubs of hummus. Did I mention the drinks?
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Moments
Posted by Jennifer Albright in STORY-002 onThere comes a time when we all have to learn to live life in the moment. If we live in the past we'll never truly move forward and if we only live for the future we'll never notice the joy that surrounds us in the present.
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Weekend
Posted by Rachel Patterson in STORY-001 onAbsolutely exhausted.
Called out of work yesterday.
Went to Applebee's for Patty's birthday.
Got some ice cream.
Had an amazing time at prom with my perfect boyfriend.
Spent the night at his house.
Now I have to go to work today.
I HATE MCDONALD'S.
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Called out of work yesterday.
Went to Applebee's for Patty's birthday.
Got some ice cream.
Had an amazing time at prom with my perfect boyfriend.
Spent the night at his house.
Now I have to go to work today.
I HATE MCDONALD'S.
Prom
Posted by Zachary Walls in STORY-001 onIt was actually pretty fun.
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Prom Night
Posted by Jennifer Albright in STORY-002 onProm wasn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be.
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daily story- may 21
Posted by Bethany Knibbe in STORY-001 onSo I write another letter and I take another drive
Hoping I might find you out there or something in between
And maybe this time I won't reach you maybe this time I won't see
But I'm alright just knowing I'm one step closer to your door
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Hoping I might find you out there or something in between
And maybe this time I won't reach you maybe this time I won't see
But I'm alright just knowing I'm one step closer to your door
A Blur.
Posted by Freda Anderson in STORY-001 onProm was awesome, I danced lots and drank a whole lot of PEPSI. I really really like to dance a lot, I'm not sure if I'm any good at it or not, I think I might be, you never can tell though... I don't really care if I am though, I like to anyway. Sam is a terrible dancer, really really bad... but I've never minded because he's a good sport and he always dances with me anyway and he isn't afraid of looking silly doing it. :D We went to Sam's after prom and that was really fun, I didn't go to sleep till about 3. He made me breakfast at 7:30 this morning and then I had to leave to go to work... I've been working since 8:00 this morning until about a half hour ago... I'm about to go back to work too in another half hour... needless to say I'm exhausted. Yesterday and today just kind of blurred together. Tomorrow I'll be working all day too, but that will be more relaxed, I'm just selling stuff at this stupid flea market... it was my moms idea haha. Anyway... I dunno when I'm gonna do the rest of my homework...
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I think this is pretty amazing.
Posted by Camille Maldonado in STORY-002 onSo I've really been hating this horrible weather. I hate humidity and rain. However, this picture of it is really cool. Still though, seriously, please be sunny again!
Had a good time/ Be careful of what you say.
Posted by Evett Hawks in STORY-001 onI was sitting at the curb and talking to me friends. We were talking about black people and i was about to say "Yea i don't like some black people" while i said that a car full of african americans drove up and i got glared at. I just laughed and walked away from the car before anything could happen.
On the other hand
Everyone looked wonderful during prom and my legs are killing me from dancing in those heels. I got turned down to dance with someone but i still danced anyway. Then afterwards i just rode around in the limo with my hand stretched out reaching for the sky "in that moment i felt infinite."
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On the other hand
Everyone looked wonderful during prom and my legs are killing me from dancing in those heels. I got turned down to dance with someone but i still danced anyway. Then afterwards i just rode around in the limo with my hand stretched out reaching for the sky "in that moment i felt infinite."
Blog #1 - Nadif Bracey
Posted by Nadif Bracey in PHYS-002 onThe instrument I want to play is a xylophone. This instrument originated in Africa. The xylophone belongs in the percussion family and consists of either wooden or metallic bars of different lengths. These bars are then adhered or tied down to a base that gives enough space to allow the bars to vibrate. These bars are struck by a mallet that can be made out of plastic, wood, or even rubber. This is what gives the instrument its sound because when struck the bar vibrates.
The general shape of a xylophone is a rectangle. To change the not of a xylophone, you have to hit a different note on the xylophone with a mallet. You can alter the sound by altering the density of the individual notes. I've noticed that different dimensions of bars give off different sound. So this can tie end to density and surface area having something to do with what produces certain certain waves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHP5xjBP-9I (This is a link that shows a xylophone being played).
The End
Posted by Taylor Valentine in STORY-002 onAs I move towards the next chapter in my life, I can't help but sing these lyrics in my head:
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"And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes!"
-David Bowie
Semaj's Instrumental Blog Post #1
Posted by Semaj Smith-Hobbs in PHYS-003 onFor my Physics Benchmark my group will have to form a band with our own homemade instruments. The instrument I would like to focus on is the guitar, I would like to build this instrument because growing up I always wanted to play the guitar but I was never able to take lessons so this would give me a perfect opportunity to play this instrument.
The guitar is played by plucking a set of strings and sliding your fingers down the long fretted neck of the guitar that makes different sounds when touched in different places which would be the way you changed a note by moving your finger to different places on the neck of the guitar.
There are two types of guitars, there is the acoustic and the electric. The basic shape of a guitar I would describe as the figure eight with a hole directly in the center of the body on an acoustic guitar. However, an electric guitar doesn’t have a hole in the center of the body. They both have different but very similar shapes, both types of guitars have 12 components minimum but an acoustic guitar has 20 total. Below is a picture of both types of guitars with their matching and different parts labeled.
I believe that the hole in the body of the guitar combined with the way you move your fingers on the fret board have something to do with the way you create and change the sounds that come out of the guitar. I believe that when the stings on a guitar are plucked they send some type of vibration or wave through the fret board and that causes the strings to make the different sounds that they make causing them to turn into different sound waves.
Just Saying
Posted by Emma Connell in STORY-001 onEverybody looked really nice yesterday
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Prom
Posted by Lenea Harris in STORY-002 onProm started at 7. I got there at 9. I still had fun though.
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Prom Wonderful Presents: A Most Lovely Evening,
Posted by Christine Walden in STORY-002 onProm,
You were wonderful.
from,
Christine
Cameras,
You are cruel, unflattering, and should not be made available to certain segments of the population for so small a price.
from,
Christine
Friends and Companions,
I do not deserve any of you. Thank you dears. By the by, you are a handsome bunch.
from,
Christine
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You were wonderful.
from,
Christine
Cameras,
You are cruel, unflattering, and should not be made available to certain segments of the population for so small a price.
from,
Christine
Friends and Companions,
I do not deserve any of you. Thank you dears. By the by, you are a handsome bunch.
from,
Christine
Musical Instrument Blog #1
Posted by Sofia Frank-Fischer in PHYS-002 onI want to create a simplified version of a "hammered dulcimer", which is a kind of string instrument. Here is a video of someone playing a hammered dulcimer, and here is an instructional video on how to play.
The instrument is played by hitting strings with a kind of mallet/stick. Different strings produce different notes. I'd want to make a similar version of this instrument, so I might not include the piece that divides the string into two. I don't know. When the string is struck, it vibrates, creating sound waves. I could control various aspects of the wave by controlling the length of the string and how tight it is. I'd have maybe seven or eight strings, each playing different notes. I could also put in a bridge at some point to control the length of the waves. If there is a bridge one-third of the way down the string, that piece of the string would be held in place - and that would control the length of the wave. One thing I wonder is what kind of mallet is used. I also wonder how to make a good base for the instrument that will help to make the sound audible.
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The instrument is played by hitting strings with a kind of mallet/stick. Different strings produce different notes. I'd want to make a similar version of this instrument, so I might not include the piece that divides the string into two. I don't know. When the string is struck, it vibrates, creating sound waves. I could control various aspects of the wave by controlling the length of the string and how tight it is. I'd have maybe seven or eight strings, each playing different notes. I could also put in a bridge at some point to control the length of the waves. If there is a bridge one-third of the way down the string, that piece of the string would be held in place - and that would control the length of the wave. One thing I wonder is what kind of mallet is used. I also wonder how to make a good base for the instrument that will help to make the sound audible.
Hooray!
Posted by Evett Hawks in STORY-001 onI never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden twinkle in my eye
I never had a chance to shine
Never a happy song to sing
But suddenly half the world is mine
What an amazing thing
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I busted my butt to get this ticket and it's finally mine and i don't have to stress anymore. Thank god.Can't wait too see everyone at prom.
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Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden twinkle in my eye
I never had a chance to shine
Never a happy song to sing
But suddenly half the world is mine
What an amazing thing
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I busted my butt to get this ticket and it's finally mine and i don't have to stress anymore. Thank god.Can't wait too see everyone at prom.
Musical Instrument Blog #1
Posted by Brenda Chhin in PHYS-002 onThe instrument that I'm interested in making or playing is the celesta or piano. Try to find a video of someone playing the instrument. As you do so, take notes on the following questions:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32473749/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/secrets-behind-amazing-piano-playing-cat/
--What does the person have to do to produce sound?
Press on the right notes on the keyboard.
I can have rods of different sizes like an organ and put it in a box then have metal rods as the keyboard and underneath the rod will be small metal balls attached to it so, when I press on the keyboard the sphere will hit the "organs" and create a sound. Just to think about it, after all that work, I should just go straight to making a xylophone.
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32473749/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/secrets-behind-amazing-piano-playing-cat/
--How is it played?
It's played with elegance. --What does the person have to do to produce sound?
Press on the right notes on the keyboard.
--How do you change a note?
Every key hits different sounds. On the left has more bass than the right which is more pitched.
--How is it shaped?
It's a big instrument where you have to sit in front of and play it.
--What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?
Every key hits different sounds. On the left has more bass than the right which is more pitched.
--How is it shaped?
It's a big instrument where you have to sit in front of and play it.
--What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?
I can have rods of different sizes like an organ and put it in a box then have metal rods as the keyboard and underneath the rod will be small metal balls attached to it so, when I press on the keyboard the sphere will hit the "organs" and create a sound. Just to think about it, after all that work, I should just go straight to making a xylophone.
I suppose sound wave is caused by the vibration thats being transferred from the keys to the inside of the organs describing my design where as to a real piano, the vibration travels on the string.
Musical Instrument Blog #1
Posted by in PHYS-002 on Before starting, consider what type of instrument you might be interested in making for this project.
The instrument that I'm interested in making or playing is the celesta or piano.
Try to find a video of someone playing the instrument. As you do so, take notes on the following questions:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32473749/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/secrets-behind-amazing-piano-playing-cat/
--What does the person have to do to produce sound?
Press on the right notes on the keyboard.
I can have rods of different sizes like an organ and put it in a box then have metal rods as the keyboard and underneath the rod will be small metal balls attached to it so, when I press on the keyboard the sphere will hit the "organs" and create a sound. Just to think about it, after all that work, I should just go straight to making a xylophone.
The instrument that I'm interested in making or playing is the celesta or piano.
Try to find a video of someone playing the instrument. As you do so, take notes on the following questions:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32473749/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/secrets-behind-amazing-piano-playing-cat/
--How is it played?
It's played with elegance. --What does the person have to do to produce sound?
Press on the right notes on the keyboard.
--How do you change a note?
Every key hits different sounds. On the left has more bass than the right which is more pitched.
--How is it shaped?
It's a big instrument where you have to sit in front of and play it.
--What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?
Every key hits different sounds. On the left has more bass than the right which is more pitched.
--How is it shaped?
It's a big instrument where you have to sit in front of and play it.
--What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?
I can have rods of different sizes like an organ and put it in a box then have metal rods as the keyboard and underneath the rod will be small metal balls attached to it so, when I press on the keyboard the sphere will hit the "organs" and create a sound. Just to think about it, after all that work, I should just go straight to making a xylophone.
I suppose sound wave is caused by the vibration thats being transferred from the keys to the inside of the organs describing my design where as to a real piano, the vibration travels on the string.
Musical Instrument Blog #1
Posted by Daniel Quach in PHYS-004 onThe Xylophone
The xylophone is part of the percussion family, where the user is required to use rubber or wooden mallets to hit pieces of wood varying in length. This instrument is styled much like the piano, where the lower notes are positioned towards the left and become higher as the notes go to the right. It also has bars for flat and sharp notes, positioned at the top in sets of two and three. To change a note, you would hit a specific bar of the xylophone, and each key will be different, since it is of different octaves.
This makes me think about how I can create sound because though I am not trained in playing the piano or xylophone, I still know how to follow a pattern or rhythm. Some connections I can see of this instrument and waves is that the frequency and wavelength of each octave can be varied and played in a pattern. According to Google, the definition of an octave is "A series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other."
How to Play Xylophone for Beginners (YouTube)
How to Play Xylophone for Beginners (Original Website)
How to Play "Happy Birthday" on the Xylophone
I HATE MOSQUITOS!
Posted by Taylor Valentine in STORY-002 onToday is prom. I've spent the entire week meticulously inspecting my face for any blemishes. This morning I awoke to a clear face and thanked the acne gods for their help. My prom pictures would be perfect!
While driving home from the supermarket this afternoon (we needed snacks for pre-prom), my mom looked at my profile.
"What's on the side of your face, honey?"
"Seriously, Mom, it's not funny. Stop."
I pulled down the sun visor and looked in horror at my reflection. Just above my eyebrow was a mosquito bite, red and swollen. I guess I didn't do enough praying the the bug gods...
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While driving home from the supermarket this afternoon (we needed snacks for pre-prom), my mom looked at my profile.
"What's on the side of your face, honey?"
"Seriously, Mom, it's not funny. Stop."
I pulled down the sun visor and looked in horror at my reflection. Just above my eyebrow was a mosquito bite, red and swollen. I guess I didn't do enough praying the the bug gods...
