Music in Code - for iPod/iPhone

Music in Code - for iPod/iPhone

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.

Episodes

March 8, 2010 52 secs
A short introduction to this album
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Transcript -- A short introduction to this album
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November 10, 2008 3 mins
The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
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Transcript -- The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
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November 10, 2008 3 mins
What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.
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Transcript -- What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.
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November 10, 2008 2 mins
The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
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November 10, 2008
Transcript -- The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
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November 10, 2008 1 min
How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
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Transcript -- How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
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November 10, 2008 1 min
The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
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November 10, 2008
Transcript -- The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
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November 10, 2008 3 mins
Experts compare disc versus cylinder design.
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Transcript -- Experts compare disc versus cylinder design.
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November 10, 2008 2 mins
The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music.
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Transcript -- The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music.
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November 10, 2008 1 min
How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
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Transcript -- How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
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November 10, 2008 4 mins
The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll.
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Transcript -- The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll.
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