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

Music in Code

March 8, 2010 • 52 secs
A short introduction to this album
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Transcript -- Music in Code

March 8, 2010
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album
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The Decap Cafe Organ

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 Decap Cafe Organ

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
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The Pin Barrel

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 -- The Pin Barrel

November 10, 2008
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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Street Piano

November 10, 2008 • 2 mins
The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
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Transcript -- Street Piano

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
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Hand barrel organ

November 10, 2008 • 1 min
How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
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Transcript -- Hand barrel organ

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
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Musical Box

November 10, 2008 • 1 min
The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
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Transcript -- Musical Box

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
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Pin Disk Musical Box

November 10, 2008 • 3 mins
Experts compare disc versus cylinder design.
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Transcript -- Pin Disk Musical Box

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- Experts compare disc versus cylinder design.
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The Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano

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 Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano

November 10, 2008
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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The Paper Roll: Organette

November 10, 2008 • 1 min
How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
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Transcript -- The Paper Roll: Organette

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
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Reproducing Player Piano

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 -- Reproducing Player Piano

November 10, 2008
Transcript -- The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll.
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