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French electronic music is a panorama of French music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production.. Notable early French artists and composers in electronic music include Maurice Martenot, the inventor of the Ondes Martenot in 1928, and Pierre Schaeffer, the developer of the musique concrète in 1948.
Ondes martenot, (French: “musical waves”), electronic musical instrument demonstrated in 1928 in France by the inventor Maurice Martenot. Oscillating radio tubes produce electric pulses at two supersonic sound-wave frequencies. They in turn produce a lower frequency within audible range that is.
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In 1952, the RCA ( Radio Corporation of America) developed the first synthesizer created by Harry Olson and Herbert Belar, capable of artificially creating sound. At the same time, Max Matthews invented digital synthesis: unusual sounds could be created from digital signals. A la même époque, Max Matthews invente la synthèse digitale : les ...
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- French Horn. The French Horn is a bell-shaped brass instrument with coiled tubing and a flared bell. It has the widest range of notes out of any brass instrument and is considered to be one of the hardest instruments to play and master.
- Harp. The Harp is among the oldest instruments known to mankind, with records dating back from 3000 B.C. Although its origin is yet to be determined, the harp underwent drastic changes during the impressionist movement in France in the late 19th century.
- French Bagpipes. The term, “French Bagpipe” is a collective word that covers a wide range of piping instruments. Center-France bagpipes, also known as the Musette du Centre or Cornemuse du Centre in France, refers to a variety of instruments.
- Cello. The Cello is a large, bowed string instrument from the violin family. While it originated in northern Italy in 1550, the cello has had a significant impact on French music throughout the Baroque era up until the 20th century.
The Classic Synthesizers Behind 10 Iconic Tracks. Uncover the instruments and techniques behind some of the most memorable electronic music of the past 50 years. Since the 1970s, synthesizers have been highly prominent in popular music. And from Moog, to Roland, Yamaha, and others, some of those synthesizers have achieved an iconic status equal ...
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) [1] is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and frequency modulation synthesis.
To talk about playing a musical instrument use either the verbs jouer (to play) or faire (to make or do). Both verbs are followed by de + instrument name. Examples: Je joue du violin. I play the violin. Je joue de la flûte. I play the flute. Je fais du piano. I play the piano.
