Music Technology in PerformanceWeek 2

This week we will Look into the history of synthesizers and

be able to name the period of the first synthesizer

Be able to connect electronic instruments with acoustic instruments.

Be able to name at least one inventor in this period

Invention of the Synthesizer In the 19th Century American Inventor – Thaddeus Cahill Instrument know as Telharmonium

(Dynamophone) 200 Ton electric instrument Played in real-time Could generate several different sounds

simultaneously

Theremin In 1919 Russian Inventor Leon Theremin Monophonic Theremin Electrostatic field Bob Moog began making these when he

was 19

http://www.youtube.comwatchv=w5qf9O6c20o&feature=related

Trautonium 1930’s Berlin Friedrich Trautwein Oskar Sala Played by pressing steel wire onto a bar Much like a fretless stringed instrument

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V546lX5qaU

Mixturtrautonium 1952 Scored industrial films Alfred Hitchcocks ‘The Birds’ Bird calls and wing ‘beatings’

Create a diagram Create a diagram to demonstrate how

you could use one of the electronic instruments mentioned in todays lesson, connected with a piece of today’s modern technology.

This week we will Look into the history of synthesizers and

be able to name the period of the first synthesizer

Be able to connect electronic instruments with acoustic instruments.

Be able to name at least one inventor in this period