Meet Your Makey

Using Makey Makey to Teach Music and Coding

Our project uses the Makey Makey invention kit to teach the basics of circuits and programming in a fun and creative way.
Students design custom instrument layouts (e.g. banana piano, playdough drums) that connect to their computer and interact with our Godot application. This hands-on activity helps them explore electrical circuits, user input, and the logic of event-driven programming.

The Technology Ambassador Program at GGC aims to make IT accessible and engaging for all students through creative outreach workshops.

Team members

James Broome, Khadijah Nixon, Alex Smyntyna, Hieu Dinh

Outreach Activities:

1. Super Saturday Series – November 9, 2019, GGC: Workshop for middle and high school girls to promote IT and STEM.
2. TAP Expo – October 10, 2019, GGC: Outreach to college students about IT and the TAP program.
3. Class Workshops – November 11, 13, and 15, 2019, GGC: In-class demos and coding with Makey Makey for college non-IT majors.

Materials List:

Amount	Materials
1	Collection of Makey Makey Kits
1	PlayDough Collection

Technology

Project Setup & Installation:

• Meet-your-Makey Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Usage

Instrument Controls

• W, A, S, D, F, G, Left Arrow, Right Arrow — Play instrument notes and animate icons
• Pressing a key triggers a sound and visual response

Volume & Pitch Control

• Up Arrow / Down Arrow — Rotate icons and shift pitch

Music Player

• Play — Starts music from the Music.gd script
• Next Song — Moves to the next track
• Reset — Stops music and resets the timer

Recorder Functions

• Record — Captures key input with note, time, and duration
• Clear — Clears the recorded data

Instrument Tab

• Cello — Switch to cello
• Drum — Switch to drum
• Violin — Switch to violin
• Piano — Switch to piano

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