Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives

Chapter 21: The Power of Technology

Self Check Quiz

1
What is the name of the machine invented by Thaddeus Cahill that used electrical current to produce musical sounds played on a keyboard and sent through telephone lines?
A)telekeyboard
B)telharmonium
C)theremin
D)the Cahill electric keyboard
2
What is an electronic musical instrument with two projecting electrodes, one which controls pitch and the other volume?
A)telharmonium
B)the Moog
C)theremin
D)tape recorder
3
Which invention made it possible to capture radio waves as audible signals?
A)telharmonium
B)vacuum tube
C)theremin
D)tape recorder
4
What is a system of electronic composition in which natural sounds are taped, edited, and shaped into a composition recorded on magnetic tape?
A)telharmonium music
B)Moog music
C)musique concrète
D)MIDI
5
What are instruments that with the help of computers respond to live musicians?
A)hyperinstruments
B)synthesizers
C)telharmoniums
D)tape recorders
6
What is considered the most important development in electronic music?
A)the invention of the modern synthesizer
B)the invention of the vacuum tube
C)the invention of hyperinstruments
D)the invention of MIDI
7
Which of these is a computer language that was invented to help synthesizers and other pieces of musical equipment communicate with one another?
A)DSP
B)analog
C)MIDI
D)AFM
8
Which of these is a drawback of using samplers and sequencers in music?
A)Real musicians are put out of work.
B)People with little tradition training can create fairly polished music.
C)Many people can participate in music making.
D)Music can include sounds that cannot be made by traditional instruments.
9
A technique that creates a new version of a song by adding different material to the original version is called
A)digitizing.
B)using MIDI.
C)tape recording.
D)remixing.
10
What is turntablism?
A)spinning, scratching, and cutting records
B)electronically synthesizing new combinations of sound
C)making electronic/synth rock
D)remixing musique concrète
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