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The Telharmonium was invented by Thaddeus Cahill and was the earliest electrical musical instrument.
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The Theremin was invented by Leon Theremin and is controlled without physical contact.
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Ondes Martenot was invented in 1928 and is played with a keyboard and a ring along a wire that is moved.
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The Hammond organ was invented in 1935 and is and electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert.
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Magnetic tape recording technology was introduced to music after being shared by Germany.
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Musique Concrete's first song made by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry was recorded train sounds onto a phonograph recorder.
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Graphic Notation is used for musique concrete because traditional staff notation was too restricted.
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Les Paul created the first solid body electric guitar in 1952.
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The song, Illiac Suite for String Quartet, is the first song strictly composed by a computer written.
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RCA Mark ll was the first programmable electronic music synthesizer.
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Buchla Synthesizer was the west coast studio synthesizer and uses touch sensitive plates.
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Moog synthesizer was invented by Robert Moog in 1964.
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Yamaha DX-7 is one of the most successful electronic keyboards.
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MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
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The first laptop orchestra was founded by Dan Trueman and Perry Cook in 2005 at Princeton University.