Music Section 2 Flashcards
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What music was used to soundtrack early films?
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Music from other entertainments (Vaudeville, theater, concert hall)
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What was Vaudeville?
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Entertainment that flourished in the late 1800s where performers would travel from town to town with their talents
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What is Vaudeville also called?
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Variety
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What would Vaudeville performers have to organize their performances?
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Cue Sheet
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How was musical accompaniment provided for Vaudeville performers?
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They had to rely on the towns to have orchestras and pianos and stuff.
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Why did inventors in 1895 add music over their film?
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Because their projectors were noisy. Like a Machine Gun. Ratta-tat-tat
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What was film advertised as in the early 20th century?
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“Moving Pictures”
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What was the date of the first film screening ever?
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11/1/1895
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Where did the first film screening take place?
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Berlin Germany
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What did historians regard the first film screenings as?
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“Primitive.” How rude. I mean, it’s not like everyone wielded clubs and went into the wilderness for their food. I think that was a technological marvel. If the cavemen saw those, they’d probably think it’s whatever the heck cavemen wizardry and witchcraft was called. Key Takeaway: Never listen to historians because they are overcritical jerks who live in the present. Yeesh. (PS. I’d better see this as the answer in Brainscape, Van Sickle.)
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Who showed the first film screenings?
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Max Skladanowsky
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What did those darn historians think was way cooler than Skladanowsky’s film?
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Louis and Auguste Lumiere’s film screenings
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When did the Lumiere Film screenings start?
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12/28/1985
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Where did the Lumiere Film screenings start?
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paris, France
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What word do we use now to refer to movies, theaters, and the film industry?
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Cinema.
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How many visitors showed up for Lumiere’s screenings?
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More than 2000 a day.
17
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What happens in The Sprinkler Sprinkled?
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The gardener gets sprayed by his own hose.
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Where does the moon landing happen in 1902 A Trip To The Moon?
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Right in the Moon’s eye. poor guy.
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Who was the first American to compose an original film score and when?
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Victor Herbert in 1916
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Before scores were written for films, who played the background music?
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Theater Pianists. It was a tough job: they’d have to see whats on screen and play music that would fit that. Talk about improvisation! I hope to be able to do that some day.
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Who is the composer of Carnival of the Animals?
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Camille Saint-Saens
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Camille Saint-Saens called for an orchestra of twelve instruments as the writer of the originals film score for what in 1908?
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L’assassinat du Duc de Guis (The Assassination of the Duke of Guise)
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Victor Herbert became famous because of what two theatrical shows?
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Babes in Toyland and Naughty Marietta
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Who was the director of the German science fiction film Metropolis?
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Fritz Lang
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What year does Metropolis take place?
Unspecified, an English translation of the German novel that inspired the movie states "The World of 2026 A.D." while some historians say the year 2000
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The first half Listening Example 1, "Metropolis Theme", conveys what?
the massive extent of Lang's city that takes place in the future
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The second half of Listening Example 2, "Machines", shows what?
the insane number of factories needed to support the large city and the unfortunate lives of the factory workers who allow the aristocrats to live a lavish life
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Who is the city leader in Metropolis?
Freder's dad John Fredersen
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Who is Freder and Maria in Metropolis?
Freder is a privileged man who works with Maria (a worker) to improve the situation of the factory workers
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Who in Metropolis opposes Freder and Maria?
John Fredersen and Rotwang
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What does Rotwang create in an attempt to stop Freder and Maria?
a robot known as "False Maria" that is meant to sabotage the real Maria's effort to help the other factory workers but it fails and Freder succeeds as he mediates the divide between the working and ruling classes
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Metropolis serves as a warning for?
power and its ability to corrupt those who wield it-- a common theme in science fiction movies as they convey fears about the "Power of State", a worry that we'll become victims of a totalitarian dictator
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Who co-wrote Metropolis with Lang?
Thea von Harbou, his wife, as the script was based on one of her novels
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How much did Metropolis cost?
more than 5 million marks or 1 million U.S. dollars at the time
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What are leitmotifs?
memorable short melodies that Huppertz associated with the primary characters or situations
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What era comprimised most of the 19th century and Huppertz score resembled?
the Romantic-era
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What ancient Catholic funeral chant did Huppertz quote for his film score of Metropolis and what did it emphasize?
Dies irae to emphasize the ominous nature of a "Death statue" that appears in the film to increase the audience's tension
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What does production mean?
the time period during which the film is actually being shot
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What dies pre-production refer to?
the preparations that lead up to the film shoot: when the script is being refined, the cast is selected, locations are scouted
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When are most film scores written?
after the film is complete, during post-production
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Huppertz’s score for Metropolis resembled the compositions of which musical era?
The Romantic Era
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Film composers do not have _____ _____ to compose whatever inspires them
Free will
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The Dies irae is a ____
(Catholic) Funeral Chant
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Short melodies that are associated with the primary characters or situations of the story are called ____
Lietmotiffs
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T or F: A character must be on-screen for their lietmotiff to be playing
False
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The opening of Metropolis is characterized as broad and _____
majestic
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Is the opening of Metropolis's tune is characterized as A) narrow-ranging or B) broad-ranging?
B) Broad-ranging
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The cartoonist term for paralleling the action is a nod to which popular Disney character?
Mickey Mouse
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Tremelos is named after which language's word for 'to tremble'?
Italian
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In Metropolis, the tremelos technique is used to produce a: A) Shrill sound, B) Deep sound, or C) Dull sound
A) Shrill sound
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In Metropolis, the tremelos technique is used to mimick the sound of a _____
Steam whistle
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In 1984, Metropolis was reimagined as a ____ _ _____ musical
Rock & Roll
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Who reimagined Metropolis in 1984?
Giorgio Moroder
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Name one movie that Metropolis is said to have influenced
Blade Runner, Star Wars, Terminator
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How did Huppertz use his music?
to support the visual imagery of the film
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what did the dies irae emphasize?
the ominous nature of the Death Statue in the film
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how long was the assembly cut for Titanic
36 hours
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what is the finalized version know as
locked cut
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what is added to the locked cut to make the answer print
special effects
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How does composer John Frizzell want to see a rough cut?
without the temp
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What does John Frizzell say in regard to viewing a cut for the first time
first impression is clean
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Which composer called a temp score a double edged sword
Elia Cmiral
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Who directed Space Odessy
Stanley Kubrick
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Who did Kubrick screw over?
Alex North
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How did Kubrick screw Alex North over?
He retained the temp cut instead of using North's custom stuff
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What happened to Alex North is know as what?
Temp Love
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What inspired 2001 Space Odessey
Aruther C Clark's "The sentinel"
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Who are the astronauts in Space Odessey
David Bowman and Frank Poole
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What computer operates the ship
HAL 9000
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How does Frank die?
HAL cuts off his connection to the ship
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What song does HAL sing?
"Daisy"
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What instrument is used to create a glissando
Harp
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How does a harpist create a glissando
By strumming up or down the strings
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What is an upward harp glissando used for
to suggest that something promising or magical is about to occur
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2001: A Space Odyssey made prominent use of
nineteenth-century pieces
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial relied more on
the nineteenth century’s leitmotif device
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major tritone progression
based on harmonies rather than melodies.
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what is a tritone
an interval made up of two notes that are three whole steps apart, or six half steps.
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To create a major tritone progression
each of the tritone pitches is treated as the root of a major triad
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What nineteenth century work was MTTP associated with
the “Pandemonium” movement in La damnation de Faust (1846)
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Scott Murphy concluded that
“there is no triadic progression that is associated with outer space more often or more conspicuously than the MTTP"
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What was a main film Murphey studied
Dune (1984)
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How many films scores did Murphey study
14
84
How many different composers composed the film scores Murphey studied
11
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What movie did people associate Dune (1984) with
Star Wars
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What were the film choices to choose from for Toto
Star Wars and Footloose
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how many people produced the dune soundtrack?
5 people
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what was the only requirement given by the director about creating the Dune sound track?
klow and slow
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what did one reviewer say in Toro's film score in 2020?
“genuinely stirring.”
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what was different from the dune published in 1984 VS dune 2021?
2021 had Hans Zimmer
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what century of music did 2001: Space odyssey use?
19 century pieces
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what type of music did ET rely on?
nineteenth century’s leitmotif device for coherence.
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who wrote Sending the signals?
John Williams
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when was Sending the signals used in ET?
1982
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at 0:00 of "sending the signal- portions of "keys" motif in _______ _____ _______?
in ominous low brass
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what instrument in Sending the signal plays "the Call"? (0:53)
clarinet
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what happens in the movie when Rapid trills happenings Sending the signal"?
the wind picks up
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what has been published separately for concert performance by William?
"Flying theme"
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what dose flying theme open with?
upward leap of a perfect fifth
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who chose a rock band toto to write a score?
producer Dino De Laurentiis
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how many band members where there in toto when writing a score for Dune?
5 (they had just fired their vocalist)
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What does composer John Frizzell prefer when hearing the rough cut?
Composer John Frizzell (b. 1966) notes that he prefers to see the rough cut without the temp, so his “first impression is clean.”
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What was the final amount of MGM payed Ligeti?
At last, after six years of wrangling, MGM made a payment of $3,500, a thousand of which went to Ligeti’s lawyer.
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Where did the idea for using Ligeti's piece came from?
The idea for using Ligeti’s piece came from Kubrick’s wife, who heard it on a British radio broadcast.
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What is source music?
For instance, two football players might be chatting on the sideline while the sound of a marching band is audible. Even if the camera does not pan over to show the musicians, we are confident that the music is part of the players’ onscreen world. The terms for this situation are implied source music or semi-diegetic music.
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What is non-diegetiic music?
If we do not believe that the characters can hear the music we are hearing—which is the case with all the other selections in 2001— we would use the label non-diegetic music.
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what is another term for no diegetic music?
Some writers use “underscoring” to mean “non-diegetic music.”
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How does “Also sprach Zarathustra (Sunrise)” begin?
The cue opens with a long, pianissimo tremolo in the orchestra’s lowest instruments.
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How did "Also sprach Zarathustra (Sunrise) popularity further expanded?
Its popularity expanded when England’s British Broadcasting Corporation used it as their theme music during their coverage of the first Apollo moon landing.
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How does Kubrick use Also sprach Zarathustra to create a sense of unity?
Kubrick’s use of Also sprach Zarathustra performs yet another important film-music function: he creates unity by repeating it through the course of the movie.
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When was 2001: A Space Odyssey added to the National Film Registry?
The film has inspired decades of discussion and analysis, and in 1991, the Library of Congress added 2001: A Space Odyssey to the movies that are being preserved in the National Film Registry.
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When was the national Film Register established and why was it created?
The National Film Registry was established in 1988 as a project to protect American films of cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance.
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How many movie where in the national film register by the end of 2021?
By the end of 2021, 825 movies had been entered into the Registry.
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Who is the director and producer of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial?
Steven Spielberg
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Who discover ET?
Elliot
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Who wrote the score of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, “Sending the
Signal” (1982)?
John Williams
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who created the first keyboard synthezier
Robert Moog
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who created the first keyboard synthezier
theremin
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When did the Moog Synthesizer first get heard by the public
1968
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Who created the song "Abbey Road
The Beatles
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True or false the beatles used the Moog synthesizer on Abbey Road
TRUE
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What was the creative thing Moog did with his minimoog
It was more portable
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What new thing was added to the minimoog
a pitch wheel
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What does MIDI stand for
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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Which synthesizer was mass produced that included the MIDI
Yamaha DX-7
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Who launched the Mirage
Ensoniq
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What did the musicians use the Mirage for?
record samples
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What does DAW stand for??
Digital Audio Workstations
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How is SMPTE pronuced
stimpty
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what is frame rate used measured
speed of footage
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What is the most common frame rate
24 frames per second
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What movie did Vangelis become famous for
Chariots of Fire
