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From Nursery Rhymes to Algorithmic Art: A Maker’s Journey with Sonic Pi For many in the STEM community, the "A" in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) can feel like a high fence. We are comfortable with logic gates, sensor arrays, and Python loops, but "music theory" often feels like a foreign language. I will be the first to admit: I have zero musical ability. I don’t play an instrument, and sheet music looks like an encrypted text to me. However, I do understand code. And that is why Sonic Pi is such a revelation for the maker and educator community. It turns music into a physical computing project where the "wires" are lines of Ruby-based code and the "output" is an immersive soundscape The Entry Point: Deconstructing the "Hot Cross Buns" Every maker starts with "Hello World." In the world of music education, that equivalent is often "Hot Cross Buns." It’s a simple, three-note descend...