Keyboard

that are reduced in size can enable home users or those within the workplace a chance to solely focus on one device for creating projects, completing an essay, using the internet or helping customers anywhere they are with a TV if they can connect a keyboard and mouse too. This increases the productivity of an individual as if they need to go somewhere temporarily, they can remotely pull out the technology and continue with what they were doing while being in a specific location. Palm sized…

Simmons on guitar, keyboard, and vocals, John Hartman on percussion, and Dave Shogren. They formed and played in Southern California, and eventually became The Doobie Brothers. They were named after a slang term for marijuana, and their genes included soft rock, pop music, blue-eyed soul, jazz, and rhythm & blues. Their band has had many various members over the years, but the members that played on Toulouse Street were Tom Johnston (guitar and vocals), Patrick Simmons (guitar, keyboard, and…

expecting classic jazz, but “A Night in Tunisia” was played using a beat that combined Latin and Swing. I wonder if the beat used was written in by Gillespie or improvised. The instruments played in “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie were electric keyboard, electric guitar, electric double bass and drums. The dynamics of the piece were moderately loud (mezzo-forte). The tune was played at a fast, upbeat (allegro) tempo, using a homophonic harmony. The melody line was played by the pianist;…

The organ has often been called “the king of instruments” because it is by far the largest; as it also produces the loudest sound of any and all instruments. The organs range in size from tiny, portable models to the enormous instruments found in large halls or churches. However, even small organs can occupy a floor area of 60+ square feet and have a height of 12 feet or more; and larger organs are much bigger, and can often occupying chambers as large as several large rooms. Small organs can…

In 1978, Weather Report performed live in Offenbach. The jazz band includes Joe Zawinul on keyboards, Wayne Shorter on saxophones, Jaco Pastorious on electric bass, and Peter Erskine on drums. The group performed songs such as “Black Market”, “Waterfall”, “Teen Town”, “Birdland”, and many more. The concert opens with the song ‘Black Market”. The song begins with Joe Zawinul establishing a melody on the synthesizer while the drums and bass set a groovy beat. The tenor saxophone makes an…

Apart from these most used keyboards, there are few others which serve limited purpose. Google handwriting input, keyboard allows user to input text by detecting their handwriting and converting it. It gives an open area for scribbling using a stylus or just a finger. But it’s not convenient to use this keyboard as our primary keyboard because the process is slow and there might be changes where it detection is incorrect. Another kind of keyboard by Swype works around the concept of involving…

information on the computer. The first ever keyboard is inserted into a computer by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher, Doug Ross, during 1956. “Typically, computer users of the time fed their programs into a computer using punched cards or paper tape. Doug Ross wrote a memo advocating direct access in February. Ross contended that a Flexowriter -- an electrically-controlled typewriter -- connected to an MIT computer could function as a keyboard input device due to its low cost and…

Daedalus was a well-renowned and respected computer programmer in the Silicon Valley, descendent from one of the biggest tech tycoons, Bill Gates. Daedalus was well known for his skill at hacking and programming and had produced many computer protection softwares that had millions and millions of users which, in turn, had made him millions and millions of dollars. Despite his achievements, Daedalus was very self-conscious and paranoid. While he could pretend to be just a bumbling and nerdy guy…

Very few famous performers nowadays can integrate showmanship with their music. In the 70’s a musical group by the name of Parliament took the music world by storm with their out of this world appearance and their own rendition of Funk music. Parliament was one of the key pieces in the development of funk music and modern music as well. They created what we know as P-Funk today that was a key element of the foundation of Hip-Hop. For my concert report I analyzed Parliament’s 1976 The MotherShip…

replaced in Latin America by resonators made of metal. “...xylophones with calabashes as resonators...”(“Marimba History”, Vienna Symphonic Library”) Early marimbas from Africa were a model for marimbas in Latin America. Marimbas are a type of keyboard percussion instrument. “The wooden bars are made…