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Strange sounds : offbeat instruments and sonic experiments in pop
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- Creator
- Mark Brend
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- San Francisco, Calif. : Backbeat ; London : Hi Marketing [distributor], 2005
- Physical Details
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- 192 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 audio disc (digital : 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 9780879308551, 0879308559
- OCLC
- ocm59138312
- Musical examples on accompanying CD (list of examples: p. 190-192).
- Includes bibliographical references, discography/filmography (p. 166-179), and index.
- Waves in the ether and good vibrations : the theremin and electro-theremin -- French connections : the ondes Martenot and the Ondioline -- A full orchestra at your fingertips : Solovox, Clavioline, Univox, Maestrovox, and Musitron -- Magnetic tape and the lost art of analog sampling : "Who knows, it may even be the 'music of the future'" -- Aces and kings : early drum machines -- Doctors and captains : electronic music on British television in the 1960s -- Oscillations, oscillations, electronic evocations : American underground electronic rock in the 1960s -- May the circuit be unbroken : electronic oddities -- Washboards and whispering foils : improvised and budget acoustic instruments -- Toy stories : harmonicas, accordions, melodicas, ocarinas, and recorders -- String-driven things : from autoharps to zithers -- Full of Eastern promise : the sitar in 1960s pop -- Appendices: Endnotes ; Tips for buying and playing the strange sounds instruments ; Sound and vision ; Sources