Podcasts by 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.
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Transcript -- Music in Code from 2010-03-08T02:53:22
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album
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Transcript -- The Decap Cafe Organ from 2008-11-10T18:30:21
The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
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The Pin Barrel from 2008-11-10T18:29:22
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 from 2008-11-10T18:29:21
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 from 2008-11-10T18:28:22
The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
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Transcript -- Street Piano from 2008-11-10T18:28:21
The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
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Hand barrel organ from 2008-11-10T18:27:22
How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
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Transcript -- Hand barrel organ from 2008-11-10T18:27:21
How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
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Musical Box from 2008-11-10T18:26:22
The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
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Transcript -- Musical Box from 2008-11-10T18:26:21
The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
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Transcript -- Pin Disk Musical Box from 2008-11-10T18:25:21
Experts compare disc versus cylinder design.
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The Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano from 2008-11-10T18:24:22
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 from 2008-11-10T18:24:21
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 from 2008-11-10T18:23:22
How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
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Transcript -- The Paper Roll: Organette from 2008-11-10T18:23:21
How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
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Reproducing Player Piano from 2008-11-10T18:22:22
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 from 2008-11-10T18:22:21
The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll.
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Electromechanical Violin Player from 2008-11-10T18:21:22
How this American invention works, and an example of the sound it creates.
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Transcript -- Electromechanical Violin Player from 2008-11-10T18:21:21
How this American invention works, and an example of the sound it creates.
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Transcript -- Banjo Orchestrion from 2008-11-10T18:20:21
A recently built paper roll instrument uses a computerised cutter working to Midi instructions.
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Electric Orchestrion from 2008-11-10T18:19:22
Instruments, lighting effects and scenery, all operated by instructions contained on a single paper roll.
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Transcript -- Electric Orchestrion from 2008-11-10T18:19:21
Instruments, lighting effects and scenery, all operated by instructions contained on a single paper roll.
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