vocabulary
that is easy to carry or to move
portable
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When did many families have one phonograph at home?
What were gramophones similar to?
The phonographs.
When did the first cassette recorders become popular?
In the 1960s.
to give a machine instructions to do a particular task
programme
When did player piano become very popular
As early as 1877.
What's the difference between gramophones and phonographs?
Gramophones used flat vinyl disks and not cylinders to hold the music.
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a thin flat round object. =CD
disk/ disc
When did player pianos begin to disappear?
In the mid 1920s.
Name two materials that held music on the phonograph in history.
Tin foil and wax cylinders.
What took the music off the record on gramophones?
First a steel needle, then a small diamond.
What was the meaning of the invention of the "Walkman" by Sony?
a big step towards modern technology
a solid or hollow figure with round ends and long straight sides
cylinder
Could a player piano be played like a normal piano?
Yes.
How long recordings could the phonograph hold after the music was on wax cylinders?
Two to four minutes.
What's DJ short for?
disc jockey
What music players came after the first Walkman? Name at least four things.
audio CDs, MP3 players , MP4 players, mobile phones
consists of shiny metal in the form of a thin sheet which is used for wrapping food
tin foil
How did a player piano play music?
It played music that's programmed on paper rolls with holes in them.
Thomas Edison.
How did gramophones play music?
The disks went round, and first a steel needle, then later a small diamond, took the music off the record.
Please finish the following sentence without looking at the textbook. "For the first time, people could....while they...."
For the first time, people could listen to their favourite music while they were travelling, doing sport, or going for walks.