Electronic Music Instruments

Question 1

What is the name of this instrument?

Answer 1

Stylophone

Question 2

What is the name of this instrument?

Answer 2

Omnichord

Question 3

Released in 1980, this drum machine significantly influenced the development of dance and hip-hop music. Name the machine and the company that produced it.

Answer 3

Roland TR-808

Question 4

This was the name of the world’s first drum machine. It was created as part of a collaboration that included musical theorist Henry Cowell.

Answer 4

Rhythmicon / Polyrhythmophone

Question 5

Developed by Thaddeus Cahill in 1896, this instrument is considered to be the first synthesizer.

Answer 5

Telharmonium

Question 6

Invented in 1928, this is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire. It is named after its French creator.

Answer 6

Ondes Martenot (“Martenot Waves”)

Question 7

This instrument, controlled without physical contact by the performer, is named after the Westernized version of its Soviet Inventor’s name.

Answer 7

(Léon) Theremin

Question 8

He invented the first commercial synthesizer in the mid-1960s.

Answer 8

Robert Moog

Question 9

This American composer and band leader played a pioneering role in the development of electronic instruments. Many might recognize his music because it was adapted in over 120 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.

Answer 9

Raymond Scott