From the prolific YouTube cinematographer hcarmelita, who is chronicling an OLPC deployment in El Salvador, we have this beautiful video of a child producing haunting Salvadorian music on the XO laptop:
I assume this young boy is using TamTam, the music synthesizer for the XO, and as this video demonstrates, a powerful way to engage children to explore music and sound.
Posted by Wayan Vota on June 13, 2009 in Content: Music
Tagged Children's Songs, El Salvador, hcarmelita, Music, OLPC, TamTam, XO Laptop
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That was wonderful to see and hear that young guy make music!
May learning and creative experiences like this one happen many times over in many different places!
I'm very pleased to be a first generation G1G1 participant.