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BBC Micro:bit in Practice

You're reading from   BBC Micro:bit in Practice A hands-on guide to building creative real-life projects with MicroPython and the BBC Micro:bit

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610121
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sandeep Saini Sandeep Saini
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Ashwin Pajankar Ashwin Pajankar
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Abhishek Sharma Abhishek Sharma
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started with the BBC Micro:bit
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the BBC Micro:bit FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Micro:bit and Using Code Editors 4. Chapter 3: Python Programming Essentials 5. Chapter 4: Advanced Python 6. Part 2: Programming Hardware with MicroPython
7. Chapter 5: Built-in LED Matrix Display and Push Buttons 8. Chapter 6: Interfacing External LEDs 9. Chapter 7: Programming External Push Buttons, Buzzers, and Stepper Motors 10. Part 3: Filesystems and Programming Analog I/O
11. Chapter 8: Exploring the Filesystem 12. Chapter 9: Working with Analog Input and PWM 13. Part 4: Advanced Hardware Interfacing and Applications
14. Chapter 10: Working with Acceleration and Direction 15. Chapter 11: Working with NeoPixels and a MAX7219 Display 16. Chapter 12: Producing Music and Speech 17. Chapter 13: Networking and Radio 18. Chapter 14: Advanced Features of the Micro:bit 19. Chapter 15: Wearable Computing and More Programming Environments 20. Index 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Custom melodies

With that, we have a good command of the music module of MicroPython. The melodies that are used in this module are made from various musical notes. A musical note is a symbol that donates musical sounds. A note can also represent a pitch class. Any music melody is made with a correct combination of musical notes. In English music, the notes are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G (the correct order is C, D, E, F, G, A, and B). You can learn more about the chromatic scale at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale and musical notes at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_note.

The next important aspect of melodies is the octave. The octave is the span between two of the same notes but with double the frequency. It indicates how high or low the note should be played. Octaves are in the range of 0 to 8. The higher the value of the octave, the longer the duration of the note. For example, if the octave is set to 6, then it will last two times longer than octave 3.

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