Title: Summarize the history of recording.
Course: Audio Production and Recording I (05123-IA) > Section: Exploring the Evolution of Music Technology

Summary should include

- first recordings
  - written documentation
  - player pianos
  - scratching into photographic paper
  - Thomas Alva Edison’s experiments with the phonograph
  - Valdemar Poulson’s invention of the telegraphone
  - introduction of sound to film
- the creation of commercial radio
- the creation of a distribution model for recorded material (i.e., records)
- the invention of electronic musical instruments (e.g., electric guitar, Hammond organ)
- the development of recording techniques (e.g., new microphone technology, multitrack recording capability)
- the improvement of the consumer listening experience (e.g., high fidelity, long play [LP] albums, stereo)
- digital technology, including improvements in recording and distribution
- the move from physical product to downloads and streaming.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a gramophone, and how does it function?
- What are three significant ways commercial radio has evolved?