Electronic Instruments
This lesson is part of the Electronic Music & Sound Production category. |
Objectives[edit]
- Students will be familiar with historical and contemporary electronic instruments.
- Students will be able to design a MIDI studio to meet a given musical need.
Resources[edit]
Listening or Videos[edit]
- Crab, 120 Years of Electronic Music
- Soundfly: "A Brief History of Synthesizers"
- 12tone:
- MIDI.org: MIDI Tutorials
- Haas, Introduction to Computer Music:
Class Activities[edit]
- Discussion and demonstration of electronic instruments (e.g., theremin, synthesizer, Hammond organ, electric guitar)
- Discussion and demonstration of a MIDI studio, including outboard synthesizers and various controllers
- Making Sound with Electric Hobby Kits
- Performance and improvisation using electronic instruments
Assignments[edit]
- Identification of electronic instruments in recorded music
- Designing a MIDI studio to meet given musical criteria
- Creating electromagnetic circuit diagrams
- Classifying mechanical, electric and electronic instruments