Raj Blog 3
“Flute” is one of the musical instruments that I have chosen for my blog. The flute is an areophane which is also called a reedless wind instrument because it produces its sound from the flow of air from mouth and control by hand on the instrument. The flute is made up of wood or […]
Garcia Blog 3
The piece of musical technology I’ve chosen is The Walkman. The Walkman was a small, weighed at around 14 ounces, was a rectangular cassette player, originally colored blue and silver came along with a headset. The introduction of the Walkman gave people a more affordable tool economically, in which they could listen to music […]
Mora Blog 3
The guitar was invented in the 19th century by Antonio De Torres. According to the textbook, the guitar is a lute instrument type, constructed by strings that are attached to and then run across and parallel to the resonating body. Strings are stretched along the neck of the guitar (76). The guitar falls in the […]
Blog 3 Palma
A piece of musical technology I’m familiar with is the ukulele. The ukulele is a string instrument similar to the guitar but with four strings. It originated in Hawaii in the 19th century, and comes in four sizes: soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone. The soprano is the most common, with 12-14 frets. They are generally […]
Rutkowska Blog 3
Phonographs were invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. A phonograph is a type of musical format that was used as an early record player. It’s first purpose when it was created, was to transcribe telegraphic messages. However, the “…playback quality was poor and engravings would lose integrity after just a few playbacks” (301), so its […]
Blog 3 Amiel
The piece of musical technology I chose to write about is the synthesizer, otherwise known as a synth. A synth is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals that may be converted into sound. It takes files that have a specific noise on it that can be of a musical instrument, such as a […]
Blog 3 Hossain
GarageBand is an online musical software that was developed by Apple, which allows you to create your own unique projects. You can create songs and types of podcasts in GarageBand. It puts a complete music studio on your computer, so you can make your own music to share with the world. GarageBand’s purpose is unlimited […]
Blog 3 Persaud
The technology I chose to describe is notation. The purpose of this technique is to preserve music for the future. It also enables other musicians to recreate a piece of music. In the earlier days of music notation, it was able to accomplish this goal by using symbols called neumes to represent “single tones or […]
Blog 3 Peltonen
The variable speed pitch control, also called vari-speed, is defined as, “A control on an audio device that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed.” This control can be found on different devices such as turntables, tape recorders, or CD players. Many of these devices are used by DJs when they want to […]
Prompt for Blog 3
Select a piece of musical technology such as a musical format, an instrument, a mode of instruction, software, etc. This can be anything related to music that fits our definition of technology: “Knowledge, techniques, and tools that help humans (or animals!) achieve certain goals.” Referring to your textbook along with any online sources you find […]
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