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
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