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PHONOGRAPH
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, which was the first instrument that could record and produce sound for music.
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CYLINDERS
Along with the phonograph, Thomas Edison also invented phonograph cyclinders which were knows as 'records', the first commercial mediums. They recorded and produced sound when played on a phonograph as they were hollow and had an audio recording engraved externally to produce sound.
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HOW WE LISTEN TO MUSIC
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GRAMOPHONE
In 1887 Emile Berliner invented the gramophone which recorded and produced sound from flat records instead of cyclinders. Berliner first used glass, then zinc and finally plastic. The record produced sound by rotating on top of the gramophone with its 'arm' (needle) reading the melody on the record by vibration and transmitted sound through the speaker. (Inventors, 2015) -
VINYL RECORD
After the gramophone was invented and it was discovered sound can be produced longer on flat records, round vinyl records were created. Vinyl records were very popular and was the main source of music up until the late 1980s.
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RADIO
The radio was used as a form of communication by transmitting signals. It was invented in 1895 by Gugliemo Marconi and by the 1920s radio was broadcasting music across different radio stations.
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CASSETTE PLAYER
In the 1960s cassette player was introduced where people could listen to the radio and music through a controlled-like machine with options to play, pause/stop, rewind and fast forward music. Cassette tapes could be played through players. They were popular until the 1980s when the boom-box was introduced.
Image: Hot 100 FM
Text: The Guardian, 2013
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AUDIO CASSETTE
Phillips introduced the audio cassette tape where music could be played, stopped and recorded on tape. It could play music in a cassette player or walkman.
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WALKMAN
Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979, which was the first portable music player where people could listen to cassette tapes with headphones while moving.
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COMPACT DISC (CD)
The compact disc better known as the CD was introduced in the late 80s as the first digital disc that could play music through portable discmans and CD players. The CD was popular throughout the 80s to the 00's.
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DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYERS
Digital audio players were introduced in the 1990s as a way to listen to music digitally through a portable device such as the MP3 player and Ipod. They have an internal memory drive that can store music.
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IPOD
Apple introduced the Ipod in 2001, as a new modern way to listen to music. Similarly to the MP3 device, Ipods have an internal memory drive that can hold up to 32GB of music storage.
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MUSIC APPS
From the early 00's to present day (2015) music could be played through different digital apps and can be purchased using devices such as the ipod, mobile smartphone and computers. These apps include, ITunes and Spotify.
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