This week we look at the technical and historical side of popular music. My rock and roll almanac is in a box somewhere in Canada so I had to research some of this from the net. Answers were checked against at least two sources and wherever sources conflicted, I discarded the question.
1) Who is considered the inventor of the first practical (with a standard keyboard interface) electronic synthesizer for use in musical recordings? Robert Moog
2) Most famous for his pioneering work with solid body electric guitars, who was the first to make multi-track recordings (using not tape, but overlayed wax disc recordings) in 1946-47? Les Paul
3) Although finally perfected with the invention of the “45/45” or “diagonal” method of wax/vinyl cutting in 1931 by Alan Blumlein of EMI records, it wasn’t until 1958 that this type of record was released to the public, whereupon it was snapped up left and right…. STEREO
4) This type of guitarist will often re-string a standard guitar “upside down” Left Handed - Amanda
5) Often credited as first used by Jimi Hendrix, it was in fact Pete Townsend and John Entwistle of The Who who’s design requests led to the development of what has become the iconic amplifier system for rock music today, known as the…? Marshall Stack - Weasle
6) In High School SJ played:
a) Clarinet No
b) Saxophone √ Exxy
c) Timpani drums
d) Bass guitar No
e) Baritone horn
1) Who is considered the inventor of the first practical (with a standard keyboard interface) electronic synthesizer for use in musical recordings? Robert Moog
2) Most famous for his pioneering work with solid body electric guitars, who was the first to make multi-track recordings (using not tape, but overlayed wax disc recordings) in 1946-47? Les Paul
3) Although finally perfected with the invention of the “45/45” or “diagonal” method of wax/vinyl cutting in 1931 by Alan Blumlein of EMI records, it wasn’t until 1958 that this type of record was released to the public, whereupon it was snapped up left and right…. STEREO
4) This type of guitarist will often re-string a standard guitar “upside down” Left Handed - Amanda
5) Often credited as first used by Jimi Hendrix, it was in fact Pete Townsend and John Entwistle of The Who who’s design requests led to the development of what has become the iconic amplifier system for rock music today, known as the…? Marshall Stack - Weasle
6) In High School SJ played:
a) Clarinet No
b) Saxophone √ Exxy
c) Timpani drums
d) Bass guitar No
e) Baritone horn
(started on clarinet, switched to tenor sax. Played all the others briefly at the begining of each year while waiting for rental sax to arrive)
7) What colour is the Beatles’ “White Album”? White - Amanda
8) In sheet music notation fortissimo means? very loudly - Exxy
9) Who was the original singer for Genesis? Peter Gabriel - Amanda
10) What is a/an REO Speedwagon? Truck made by the REO Motor Car Company 1905-1936- Weasle
9 comments:
Skooks played the Clarinet.
And the ladies.
#4 someone who is left handed?
#8 literally 'stronger' so usually means louder.
#9 Peter Gabriel
skook played clarinet in grade 7, not high school.
In music "forte" would be louder. "Fortissimo" then must be...?
Loudest. Harder. Hardest. Loud and hard. Just how we like it.
I know the answers to some of the other questions, but I'm going to let other people play and continue being pregnant over here.
Story to come tomorrow.
Is the answer to #5 Marshall, and the answer to #10 and old American truck?
It is of course a car, `67 I believe.
I thought all these guys would be dead by now as I have their compilation album "a decade of rock and roll 1970-1980"
#6 is the white album, 'white' at all?
I played the clarinet. For a few years running actually. It scored me a trumpet player that still reads my blogs.
My guess for #6 is the bass guitar. But I'm kind of hoping it was the saxophone.
I love the sax.
So was it the sax?
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