Musical Representation 

        Music is a topic that is interesting to many; however, it is challenging to produce. For example, the piano is one of the most difficult is not the most difficult instrument to learn. Playing the piano requires knowledge on reading, musical notes, and the ability to translate these notes to the keys. The drums are also one of the hardest instrument to learn. You have to use both hands and both feet, similar to the concept of patting your head, and rubbing your stomach at the same time. It can get confusing. This led us to the idea of creating a project that allows you to produce the sound of the piano in one hand, and the sound of the drums in your other hand.

        For this project, my partner, and I will begin by drawing a sketch of what our project would look like. After this, we will figure out how we want to represent the music that is played on each hand. After we figure out what our processing will look like, we can begin to build a prototype. For the prototype, we will need to figure out how we will install the Arduino boards and wiring or any sensors that we might need, so we can create a prototype that is efficient and aesthetically pleasing. After the prototype is complete, we will write a code that allows us to connect the users action with the musical representation. When this is complete, we will just make adjustments to make sure our project is the best that it can be. 

        Throughout this class, my idea of interaction has been relatively similar. I think an interactive project should require an human input that produces an output. The research that I did for this project supports my idea of interaction as well. The air stem project that I research encourages a lot of human interaction. for example, the letters are produced by a human grabbing a certain stamp, and stamping it on top of the air stamp box. Then the size of the word spelled could be made larger or smaller by moving your hands, closer and further away from the box. The word displayed could also be erased by blowing into a part of the air stamp box, so you can stamp a new word. Next, the pulse sensor project that I researched gave me the idea of using different colors to represent an intangible item.

        The project that we will make is a musical band in the left and right hand. The left will represent the drums in the right will represent the piano. When the drum is played, blue visuals will be displayed in when the piano is played, pink visuals will be displayed. In my opinion, this makes a very good interactive project, because with the different notes that the user plays processing will create a different output.