Fun with chord progressions

So at last I have something on Scratch that actually works. I came up with the idea after surfing the web for online music tools that seem to be pretty popular in some music classrooms. After looking at some of them, i thought, "hey, i should be able to make something in Scratch!"

So here is what I have so far. Right now it's a movie taken from my computer, so you'll have to watch it. Basically i'm typing the corresponding numbers under each piano picture. Each number is in reference to the chord progression in the key of C Major (e.g. 1 = C, E, G, 2 = D, F, A, and so on).




My initial plan was to have it play chords (e.g. all at the same time) instead of arpeggios (e.g. separate). But I didn't find a way to do that, so I adjusted a bit. But actually, what I found, is that you can come up with pretty interesting layers as you type away.

The most interesting thing I took away from doing this is that i was in the Flow. For those of you unsure of what i'm talking about, Flow is basically loosing track of time cause your so engrossed in what your doing--the challenges of the task are neither to hard or to easy to accomplish. Plus, this was meaningful to me in ways that reflect my interest in learning and in music.

I can just hear it now...a Scratch Symphony. No, seriously, think about it my P650 friends. Each of you assigned a number/numbers on your keyboard, and when I (the conductor of course) point to you, you type that particular number.