MUS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Big Band, Vibrato, Folk Rock
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Speakeasy: prohibition-era club that required a softly spoken password for admission. Acoustic recording: an early recording process in which sound vibrations were transferred directly to the recording medium (cylinder or disc) by means of a large horn or cone. In 1925 it was replaced by electric recording. Microphone: a device that converts sound waves into an electric signal. The microphone has been in use in popular music since the 1920s. Amplifier: a piece of equipment that can increase the strength of an electric signal. Electric recording: a recording procedure developed in the 1920s that converts sound into an electric signal before recording and the converts the electric signal back into sound for playback. With its far superior sound quality, it immediately made acoustic recording obsolete. Charleston: the most popular of the vigorous new dances of the early 1920s. Stride piano: an offshoot of ragtime that typically featured a more complex bass/chord accompaniment and elaborate figuration in the melody.
