Music in Code - for iPod/iPhone
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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.
The Decap Cafe Organ
The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
The 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.
Street Piano
The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
Hand barrel organ
How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
The Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano
The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music.
The Paper Roll: Organette
How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
Reproducing Player Piano
The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll.