One could hit a key on a keyboard and the note of the tympani would sound like thunder. ... Higher voltages would make higher notes and lower voltages made lower notes. ... One would play a note and the desired note would be produced with the resulting release of corresponding electric voltage. ... This means they were only able to play one note at a time. ... , and had a simple array of knobs and switches you could manipulate to quickly create rich, wonderful new sounds. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

All they really needed to do was boost up their confidence by picking up a musical instrument and experimenting with the different musical notes it produces. ... A quick search on Google can reveal thousands of websites that provide the user with various simplified and facile musical notations that are fairly easy to understand and do not require prior knowledge on sheet music. ... The concept of the Grand Staff is the ability to play the treble clef and the base clef by one performer at the same time, creating a melodious and pleasant set of notes. In early times, mastering the Grand Staff wa...

• Word Count: 1778
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within the changing meter of rhythm, song notes of various pitches were intertwined. ... These symphonies are standardized into two styles: The three movements of symphonies written in the French style feature tempos played slow-quick-slow. ...

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"Music is left-brained in terms of notes, but it's right-brained in terms of expression" (Waddell). ... Kokotsaki and Hallam note that "engagement with music has been shown to enhance awareness of others and social skills". ...

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