Sonia Manzano: Maria

Quotes 

• Maria : At the Fix-It Shop, We have a monitor. But why do you need a monitor for?

  Herbie Hancock : Well, The great thing about this is. The reason why we have a monitor is because we don't hear the sound. Be we can't see the sound in graphics.

  Maria : Is that a picture of a note?

  Herbie Hancock : It's a picture of the voice of Tatyana Ali. And now here is another picture of Tatyana Ali. Here it is.

  [Shows another picture] 

  Herbie Hancock : . And let me show the third one.

  Kid #1 : Look, A flying pig.

  Herbie Hancock : Looks like a flying pig.

  Maria : And this looks a lot like the piano at Bob's Apartment. Or is it an electric keyboard. Does it more?

  Herbie Hancock : Why yes! You see, This is not just a piano. You see, This is a synthesizer. It's a computer based synthesizer. We can do more things. And here is my boss Clyde on the typewriting keyboard.

  Clyde : Pleasure to meet you.

  Maria : [And other kids]  Hello, Clyde!

  Herbie Hancock : And you can do so many other things that you cannot do on the piano. For example, I can press one note and make a bunch of notes play. I can hit one, And a bunch of notes can play. Like this one

  [Presses the key on the keyboard, And it plays a saxophone playing a scale note] 

  Herbie Hancock : See, A bunch of notes play.

  Kid #1 : Can you make an elephant sound?

  Herbie Hancock : I can do that!

  Kid #2 : And noise?

  Herbie Hancock : I can make noises too.