Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology

An A–Z of Music Technology through the Years

Amplification
Analog Synthesizers
Artificial Intelligence
Auto-Tune
Boomboxes
Bose, Amar G. and the Bose Corporation
Brass Instruments
Cassette Tapes
Collaboration Software
Compact Discs (CDs)
Computer-Composed Music
Computer-Generated Music
Desktop and Laptop Computers
Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
Digital Recording
Digital Synthesizers
Distortion
DJ-ing
Dolby Noise Reduction
Drum Machines
Edison Phonograph
Effects Pedals
8-Track Tapes
Electric Guitars
Electrical Recording
Electronic Keyboard Instruments
Electronic Tuners
Electronic Wind Instruments (EWI)
45-rpm Records
GarageBand
Generative Music
Gramophones and Victrolas
Headphones
Instructional Software
Internet Radio
iPads and Other Tablets
iPods and Other Portable Digital Music Players
iTunes
Jukeboxes
Karaoke
Leslie Speaker
Loops
Loudspeakers
Mechanical Organs
Mellotrons
Metronomes
Microphones
MIDI
Mixing Boards
Moog Synthesizers
Motion Picture Soundtracks
MP3s
MTV and Music Videos
Multi-Track Recording
Music Boxes
Music Notation Software
Music Printing with Movable Type
Musical Notation
Muzak
Ondes Martenots
Orchestral String Instruments
Organs
PA Systems
Pandora and the Music Genome Project
Patches
Pedal Steel Guitars
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Percussion Instruments
Player Pianos
Quadraphonic and Surround Sound
Radio
Reel-to-Reel Tape
Resonator Guitars
Reverb
Sampling
Satellite Radio
Sequencers
78-rpm Records
Sheet Music
Smartphones
Social Media
Sony Walkman and Discman
Stereophonic Sound
Streaming Audio Services
Tablature
Tape Manipulation
Theater Organs
Theremins
Transistor Radios
Video Games
Vinyl Albums
Virtual Accompanists
Virtual Studio Software
Virtual Synthesizers
Vocoders and Talk Boxes
Wire Recording
Woodwind Instruments
Yamaha Disklavier
Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer
YouTube

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

This book introduces readers to the most significant technological developments in music making and listening, including such topics as metronomes and the development of music notation as well as synthesizers, the latest music collaboration apps, and other 21st-century technologies.

About the Author

James E. Perone, PhD, is emeritus professor of music at the University of Mount Union, USA.

Reviews

Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; students in technical programs; general readers.
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