Music in Code - for iPod/iPhone
by The Open University
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Description
Today, listening to music is easy - we have CDs, MP3s, radio, television and the internet. But around a hundred years ago life was very different - either you had to play music yourself or have someone else play it for you. The 15 video tracks in this album demonstrate various ways to play music by mechanical means, with the ingenious use of levers, pegs, cylinders or paper rolls, and explain the principles used to create and control these music-making machines. This material forms part of TA212 Technology of Music.
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1 |
Music in Code | A short introduction to this album | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Transcript -- Music in Code | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe Decap Cafe Organ | The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Transcript -- The Decap Cafe Organ | Transcript -- The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Pin Barrel | What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Transcript -- The Pin Barrel | Transcript -- What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoStreet Piano | The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Transcript -- Street Piano | Transcript -- The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoHand barrel organ | How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Transcript -- Hand barrel organ | Transcript -- How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoMusical Box | The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Transcript -- Musical Box | Transcript -- The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoPin Disk Musical Box | Experts compare disc versus cylinder design. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Transcript -- Pin Disk Musical Box | Transcript -- Experts compare disc versus cylinder design. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano | The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Transcript -- The Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano | Transcript -- The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoThe Paper Roll: Organette | How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Transcript -- The Paper Roll: Organette | Transcript -- How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoReproducing Player Piano | The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | Transcript -- Reproducing Player Piano | Transcript -- The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoElectromechanical Violin Player | How this American invention works, and an example of the sound it creates. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Transcript -- Electromechanical Violin Player | Transcript -- How this American invention works, and an example of the sound it creates. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoBanjo Orchestrion | A recently built paper roll instrument uses a computerised cutter working to Midi instructions. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | Transcript -- Banjo Orchestrion | Transcript -- A recently built paper roll instrument uses a computerised cutter working to Midi instructions. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoElectric Orchestrion | Instruments, lighting effects and scenery, all operated by instructions contained on a single paper roll. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | Transcript -- Electric Orchestrion | Transcript -- Instruments, lighting effects and scenery, all operated by instructions contained on a single paper roll. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoClockwork Barrel Orchestrion (performance) | An example performance. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoReproducing Player Piano (performance) | An example performance. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoBanjo Orchestrion (performance) | An example performance. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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