GOOD MORNING MY FELLOW CLASSMATES AND SIR CYRUS.

TODAY, WE WILL DISCUSS ABOUT

ELECTRONIC MUSIC.

DO ANYBODY HERE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?

OKAY, ELECTRONIC MUSIC IS A GENRE OF MUSIC THAT EMPLOYS ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS, OR CIRCUITRY-BASED MUSIC TECHNOLOGY IN ITS CREATION. IT INCLUDES BOTH
MUSIC MADE USING ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC.

THE CAPACITY OF ELECTRONIC MACHINES SUCH AS SYNTHESIZERS, AMPLIFIERS, TAPE RECORDERS, AND
LOUDSPEAKERS TO CREATE DIFFERENT SOUNDS WAS GIVEN IMPORTANCE BY 2OTH CENTURY
COMPOSERS LIKE EDGAR VARESE( vares) , KARLHEINZ( karlhaynz) STOCKHAUSEN, AND MARIO
DAVIDOVSKY.

TO WIDEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ELECTRONIC MUSIC HISTORY, LET’S WATCH THE VIDEO OF
HISTORICAL ADVANCEMENTS OF ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THEN AND NOW.

IF YOU NOTICE IT, AT FIRST THEY ARE USING AN INSTRUMENT MANUALLY BUT AS THE YEAR PASSES BY,
THE INSTRUMENTS UPGRADED UNTIL IT BECOMES HIGH-TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS THE GADGETS WE’RE
USING RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN ABLE TO MAKE A SOUND BY JUST USING YOUR COMPUTERS! SAMPLER,
SEQUENCER, SYNTH EMULATION AND EFFECTS. ALL IN ONE.

NOW LET’S CONTINUE. GET A ¼ SHEET OF PAPER AND ANSWER THE ACTIVITY CALLED
COMPREHENSION CHECK. BY THIS ACTIVITY, I WILL TEST YOU IF YOU CAN COMPREHEND AND IF YOU
REALLY LEARNED FROM IT, NOT JUST LISTENING .

NUMBER YOUR PAPER1 TO 5 AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED AND, ON THE BACK OF YOUR
PAPER, GIVE AT LEAST 1 ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO.

NOW, LET’S CHECK ,EXCHANGE PAPERS.

ANSWERS:

1. ELECTRONIC MUSIC 2. MUSIQUE CONCRETE 3. EDGAR VARESE 4. KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN

5. MARIO DAVIDOVSKY

THEREMIN, ONDES MARTENOT, HAMMOND ORGAN, NOVACHORD, CHAMBERLIN 200, MINIMOOG, EMS
SEQUENCER, YAMAHA CS-80, FAIRLIGHT CMI, MIDI, COMPUTERS, AND VIRTUAL SYNTHS.

NOW YOU KNOW THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC HISTORY. THAT’S ALL, THANK YOU.