[Other sources] - History of US recording technology

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Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

History of US recording technology

Before music was recorded

  • Music was always heard live.

  • Popular music began with instruments made of 1 that were used outdoors.

  • People liked to sing while watching 2 events.

Tin Pan Alley

  • This was an area in New York.

  • The 3 of publishers Witmark and Mills were located there.

  • Sheet music was produced which families played at home on their 4.

First recorded music

  • 1877: Thomas Edison created a device to record music using a horn to capture sound and a 5 to make marks on a tin cylinder.

  • Later, he used cylinders made of 6, which could be copied.

  • With an added electric 7, the speed of playback was always the same.

The phonograph

  • 1887: Emile Berliner recorded music on a flat disc, turning at 78 rpm.

  • The first discs sold were usually of opera music.

  • Acoustic microphones best recorded a singer from a 8.

  • Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was collected on eight discs. This type of collection was called an '9'.

1920s: the electric microphone

  • An intimate recording style allowed singers of pop music to gain prominence.

  • The new microphone recorded a greater 10 of instruments, making it possible to reproduce classical music.

Developments through the 1960s

  • Progress made with recording in the 11 did not affect consumers much.

  • People were more likely to listen to music at 12.

  • Cassettes were invented and became popular because they were 13.