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keyboard (n.):
teclado
Information:
a) Music has evolved over time. If technology is present in most aspects

of our lives, it is going to be present in music, as well.
b) “Computer-based sound is so versatile nowadays; it can produce
as many subtle nuances as a competent performer could want. It
depends on the skill of the person behind the computer” (Riera, 2015).
Remember c) There is an electronic musician named Richard D. James who is

When using another working with robots that play traditional instruments and he records
person’s ideas or it. In an interview he stated, “I've been doing loads of electro-
words, you should
include an in-text mechanical stuff with drum robots and things like that. I've got four
citation to the MIDI pipe organs and a Disklavier-controlled piano and computer-
original work. To
reference an in-text controlled percussion” (Sherburne, 2014).
citation, you must d) “Electronic musicians create music using principles and terminology
write, in parentheses, developed in the classical world. Creating electronic music often
the last name of the
author, the year it was requires the use of controllers that look and operate like keyboards,
published, and so many of the best electronic musicians can also play the piano”
the page number
at the end of the (Melissa, n.d.). The two forms of music making complement each other.
quote if you are using e) “Music is crafted not by computers and other musical instruments, but
a printed source, for
example, (Sherburne, by the person who uses them. And the effort and vibe the musician
2014). Here, we do puts into creating that music is evident with every beat and harmony
not include the page
number because in play.” (“Are Computers Musical Instruments?”, 2017).
it is from an online
magazine. If you do
not know the date 20. Check the information you wrote in the previous
an online article was activity and do the following: TRACK 63
published, write n.d.
after the author. • Read each paragraph, determine in which order you are going
to present them and number them. Look at the example.

• Listen to the example on the track.
• Write the paragraphs in the order you established before in your notebook.

1) Music has always been changing. If technology is present in most aspects of our lives,

it is going to be present in music, as well.
2) “Electronic musicians create music using principles and terminology developed in the
classical world. Creating electronic music often requires the use of controllers that look
and operate like keyboards, so many of the best electronic musicians can also play the
piano” (Melissa, n.d.). The two ways of making music complement each other.

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