PALMDALE KIDS' MUSIC GETS HIGH-TECH HELP.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Graphite graphite (grăf`īt), an allotropic form of carbon, known also as plumbago and black lead. It is dark gray or black, crystalline (often in the form of slippery scales), greasy, and soft, with a metallic luster. pencils and score sheets as tools in composing music may fall by the wayside way·side n. The side or edge of a road, way, path, or highway. adj. Situated at or near the side of a road, way, path, or highway: a wayside inn. in favor of computer technology if music students at Cactus School have their way. Brothers Jonathan and Tyler Timpe, helped by their Cactus band classmates Classmates can refer to either:
``I would much rather do it on computer,'' said Jonathan, an eighth-grader from Palmdale who plays the alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The alto is the third smallest of the saxophone family, which consists of ten sizes of saxophone (see saxophone). . ``I tried it (with paper and pencil) before when I was writing out a sax part. It was hard. You can't hear what you're writing down. With the computer, you can hear it back.'' Under the computer system, typically used by industry professionals, a student using a keyboard can punch notes, which are recorded and saved by the software and can be played back. The keyboard has different types of instrument sounds that can be added to the initial track. After the composing is done, the computer prints out a completed score. One click of the mouse can shift the music into a different key for all instruments. The Cactus band of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders debuted the Timpe brothers' song at a performance at Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
``It's not just punching in Punching in refers to a recording technique used on early multitrack recordings whereby a portion of the performance was overdubbed onto a previously recorded tape, usually overwriting any sound that had previously been on the track used. notes. The kids have learned a lot about theory and other instruments,'' Rosenquist said. Rosenquist said the composing project started this year when students were learning music theory, and some students expressed interest in writing music. Jeff Timpe, a composer and the father of the Timpe brothers, told Rosenquist about the special computer equipment, so the school purchased a set, which cost more than $2,000, Rosenquist said. To raise money to buy more computer workstations, the Cactus students are selling compact discs of music performed by their own band and by bands from Highland High, Wildflower wildflower Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed. , Desert Rose and Chaparral chaparral (chăpərăl`), type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with a Mediterranean-type climate. schools. The CD also features music composed by Jeff Timpe for a musical called ``Fields Far Away.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Jonathan Timpe, 13, left, and his brot her Tyler, 12, compose and score music with a computer's aid. (2--color in AV edition only) Jim Rosenquist conducts music pupils at Cactus School in Palmdale. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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