This repo holds an 8-session secondary studio course where students use a single string, gesture, drawing, and recording to build short performance pieces.

• Duration: 8 x 90-minute sessions
• Audience: Grades 9-12, art + tech curious
• Prereqs: None
• Focus:
  • gesture exploration and listening
  • translating sound into marks and marks into performance
  • recording, labeling, layering, and shaping short pieces
  • reflecting on movement, control, texture, and surprise
• Final outcome: a 60-120 second piece with a gesture map and short artist statement

A single string can act like a drawing tool in sound.

Students:

• explore pluck, bow, scrape, and touch as gestures
• treat recordings as "sound drawings" they can layer and arrange
• optionally see their gestures translated into simple visuals
• present a short piece that combines gesture, sound, and image

1. Read syllabus.md for the full arc, outcomes, and assessment logic.
2. Prep the room with resources/classroom_setup_checklist.md.
3. Decide on your recording and naming workflow with resources/recording_and_file_management.md.
4. Print or duplicate the templates in handouts/.
5. Teach from sessions/, adapting the local-notes section in each file to your room and hardware.

• syllabus.md - high-level course overview, outcomes, and pacing
• sessions/ - eight session plans
• resources/ - setup, safety, and recording workflow guidance
• projects/ - final-piece brief
• rubrics/ - assessment criteria for the final piece
• handouts/ - student-facing planning and reflection templates

1. Meet the String - First contact, exploration, and safety.
2. Gesture Library: Naming the Moves - Build a shared vocabulary.
3. Sound Drawing: Lines, Dots, Textures - Connect mark-making and sound.
4. Recording Sound Sketches - Capture performances from gesture maps.
5. Layers and Loops - Build thicker textures from multiple passes.
6. Optional Visuals: Gesture to Screen - Simple audio/gesture visualizations or extra audio time.
7. Compose a Short Piece - Refine structure and dynamics.
8. Studio Showing & Reflection - Share and think about gesture, control, and surprise.

• Number of StringField rigs or alternate instruments available:
• Recording setup:
• Room layout and noise constraints:
• Assessment expectations:
• Accessibility and sensory considerations: