Technological developments

Question 1

When was the electric guitar made?

Answer 1

1950

Question 2

What is an electric guitar?

Answer 2

• The electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound in the big band format.
• During the 1950s and 1960s it became the most important instrument in pop music.

Question 3

How the electric guitar developed

Answer 3

• The Fender broadcaster/telecaster was the first successful commercial solid-body electric guitar.
• It was released in 1950 by Leo Fender.

Question 4

Electric guitar key features

Answer 4

• An electric guitar uses the magnetic pickups to convert the vibrations of the strings into electric signals.
• The electricl output must be amplified.

Question 5

When was the player piano invented

Answer 5

• The first player piano was invented in the 1940s, however the pneumatic version which that was in wide spread use was invented in the early 1900’s

Question 6

What is a player piano

Answer 6

• A player piano is a self playing piano.
• It contains a device that operates the piano action using paper plotted with dashes to represent the notes.
• The piano action is operated pneumatically.

Question 7

Where did the player piano come from?

Answer 7

• The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass of the mass-produced piano for the home in the late 19th and early 20th century.
• It was an easy way of listening to music at home without being able to play the piano.

Question 8

How the player piano developed?

Answer 8

• It was most popular in the 1920’s but became obsolete by the 1930’s following the Wall Street Crash.
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Question 9

Key features of the player piano.

Answer 9

• A player piano is a self-playing piano fitted with a rotating roll of perforated paper.
• the player piano is operated pneumatically.

Question 10

When was the synthesiser made

Answer 10

1950s

Question 11

Synthesiser key innovator

Answer 11

Bob Mogg

Question 12

How Bob Mogg influenced the development of the synthesiser

Answer 12

• Mogg developed a voltage controlled series of modules which could be patched together to create sound.

Question 13

How the synthesiser developed

Answer 13

• Synthesised sounds were invented as early as the 1890s, but the first voltage controlled synthesisers were invented in the late 1950s.
• The first Mogg synthesiser was invented in the 1960s.