What is the history of the musical/electric keyboard?
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I hope this gives you a good start!  The last link has a lot of other links that are not already listed.\n\nGood luck!
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The person who invented the QWERTY keyboard as we know it today...(the order of the first letters on the left hand are QWERTY) did it in that order because in the day of mechanical typewriters there were arms that came up and struck the letter through an inked ribbon and onto the paper. Because of the use of certain letters (mostly vowels) the mechanical arms would jam up and cause you to stop typing and manually unstick the arms. In the Qwerty configuration, the arms were less likely to stick as they were arranged in a manner that allowed them to swing back to their position without hitting the other arms. I am 34 years old and did actually have a mechanical typewriter at one time.....I know...I am old. But in high school we used these lame Apple Computers to learn to type with.
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Henry Abraham invented the Astable multivibrator1918. Thats the earliest i can find. Its a monostable multivibrator with capacitor couplings at both ends rather than one. It alows the caircuit to be unstable at both states so it can oscillate from one to the other without stopping. \n\nIts an easier way for implemation of two stae systems
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Look for christain music history on ask.com or one of the other sites.
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Here you go\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing\n\n///
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The History Of Univox\n\n\n\nI guess about the best place to begin the history of Univox is in the early 60's, with the company Unicord purchased the Amplifier Corporation of America (ACA) in Westbury, NY and marketed a series of tube amps under the name Univox. Before that Unicord was a manufacturer of electronic transformers. \n\nIn 1967 Unicord was purchased by Gulf + Western (the oil company). Around this time Unicord merged with Merson, a guitar improter that made lines like "Tempo", "Giannini" and "Hagstrom". This new company was called "Merson Musical Products, A Division of Unicord Incorporated, A Gulf + Western Systems Company", at least until Merson and Unicord spilt in 1975. In 1968 company this company was still making amps, though they were hybrid amps with tubes and transistors. \n\nAlso around 1968, the famous Hi-Flyer line was started, which continued for several years. Around this time Univox also started copying Les Pauls and the Ampeg Dan Armstrong. In 1971, Univox introduced its "Badazz", a copy of a Guild S-100. Some of these copies were actually made by Aria, which seems to have made a lot of copy guitars for other companies. Around 70-71 was when Univox changed the logo on their guitars from plastic ones to the decal under the finish. \n\nAround 1975, Univox and Merson split, but Unicord kept marketing Univox equipment for a few years after that, until about 1978. These included the old guitars and new ones, like a copy of a Rickenbacker bass and a Fender Strat. Plus, new solid state and tube amps were offered. Also in 1975 Unicord switched all its production from Westbury, NY to Japan. Apparently employees were only given a single days noticed. After that only a small crew remained to test imported amps and ship them to retailers. \n\nIn 1971, Univox also had its full array of effects for sale. Plus, they began to offer synths and computerized effects. It was at this time that Univox began its association with Korg. As the compnay released more synths, rythm machines, keyboards and other electronic equipment the Korg name showed up more and more on the products. \n\nIn 1978 Unicord stoped making the Univox line of guitars and equipment. They switched to an original line called "Westbury", which lasted until aobut 1982. Westbury amps were also made during this time. Also in 1978 Unicord started selling the exact same amps under the Stage and Univox name. The only difference between the amps was the label and color scheme. Unicord was trying to phase out the Univox name in favor of Stage. these changes came about primarily because the Univox name was seen as being "cheap" not because of the lawsuits going on over copying. Part of the image of cheapness came from the fact that Univox's designs, though solid and reliable, were simply copies of other companies work. There were few original designs at this time from Univox and no new development was being done. Even Univox's solid state amp designs were almopst 10 years old.\n\nFinally, in 1985 due to the recession, Unicord was purchased completely by Korg, pretty much ending the story there. \n\nSome other info about Univox equipment: \nUnivox guitars were built by the Matsumoko guitar factory in Japan, which were OEM suppliers to Aria, Westbury, Westone, Epiphone, Fender Japan and several other brands at the time. In 1988, a disastrous fire shut Matsumoko down for good, at which point, most of the other brands went to Korea's Samick Musical Instruments to continue production. Of course, Univox was already defunct.\n\n\nThe "Blue" series of amps were designed in America by Kenny and the late Tony Frank, the team of brothers who were in charge of service and amp mods for Unicord's OTHER amp line.....Marshall.\n\n\nALL of the early Univox keyboards were built by Crucianelli in Italy.\n\n\nAfter the G & W takeover, the person who pulled out was Bernie Mersky (hen
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When the typewriter was first invented, the keys WERE in order, but the little hammers that typed the letters often got stuck. The most commonly used letters were next to each other, so the hammers often came together and caused the mechanism to stick.\nBy arranging the letters in what is known as the QWERTY style (look at the top row of letters), it slowed down the typist and let the mechanism keep up!\nNow that it's all electronic, it doesn't matter so much, except that typists are familiar with it.\nIf it really bugs you, get a Dvorak keyboard or one of the specialist ones.
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Christopher Latham Sholes and his colleagues, Carlos Glidden and Samuel Soulé, invented the first practical typewriting machine in 1866.\n\nThe type-bar system and the universal keyboard were the machine’s novelty, but the keys jammed easily. To solve the jamming problem, another business associate, James Densmore, suggested splitting up keys for letters commonly used together to slow down typing. This became today’s standard "QWERTY" keyboard.
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i found some information about the history of technology since the early terchnology till now....i really hopes this works for you....good luck\n\n\nps: dont forget to choose me as best answer....\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/History%20of%20Technology
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Good question - I found this online:\nThe layout of the computer keyboard was borrowed from the typewriter because there had been millions of people using typewriter when the computer keyboard was designed. To minimize the re-training efforts, most of the keys on the keyboard were at the same position as they did on the typewriter.\n\nWhen the Remington typewriter was designed in 1877, everything was mechanic. Each character was attached to a type bar. The major problem confronting the designers was that different type bars got stuck with each other when people typing fast. The keys were then arranged in such a way that most frequently used keys were far apart.
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I pulled up that episode on youtube to check it out.  I'm afraid my answer is not "quite interesting" but it might still get me the ten points, which coincidentally is the same anount of points awarded on QI if my answer is correct!  What you were hearing was not in fact a published song but selected preprogramed rhythms available on an electric keyboard.  My Casio keyboard is similarly equiped, all you need to do is select the style and key, then you can overlap them.\n\nHere is the link for the first part of that episode...
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http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/history.html\n\nEdit: computerguy is wrong. The keys were not arranged to slow the typer down. They were arranged in a way that the most used keys and least used keys were near each other so that the most used keys would not get in each others way. Jeez, at least read the link before you make a fool of yourself.
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600 B.C. \n\nCheck out this site for more information: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmegaphone.htm
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QWERTY (pronounced "kwerty" or "Q-werty") is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on most English language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six letters seen in the keyboard's top row of letters. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873, when it first appeared in typewriters.\n\nPurpose\n\nFrequently-used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document. The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes home a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck technique and the later touch typing technique; however, single-handed words such as stewardesses and monopoly show flaws in the alternation.\n\nIt has often been noted that the word typewriter can be typed entirely using the top row of the QWERTY keyboard: it has been speculated that this may have been a factor in the choice of keys for ease of demonstration.
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Good grief - that's a bit of a broad question isn't it?  In one sense music is merely frequency - vibrations that our ears pick up and our brain converts to the sounds we call music.  In historical terms in 'classical' music it comes in a number of categories - roughly speaking it goes Mediaeval music - sort 1200s-1500s, Rennaisance Music, about 1500s, Baroque music, 1600s, Classical Music, 1700s, Romantic Music, 1800s, 20th Century Music and contemporary music.  OK, very rough dates, there are overlaps.  What do you want to know?  There's all kinds of stuff about musical analysis, notation, composing, conducting, performing etc etc
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A keyboard, synthesizer, or digital piano.
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The keyboard long predates the PC. Our modern keyboard design—known as QWERTY for its first row of letter keys—was designed in 1868 by printer Christopher Sholes for use on manual typewriters. Sholes needed to find a way to slow typists down and keep them from hitting the keys too fast, which could jam the machine. So he took the most commonly used letters, banished them to the edges of the keyboard and placed common letter combinations far away from each other. The result: A keyboard that was intentionally inefficient.\n\nYears passed, and the need to slow typists down disappeared. Eventually, we started using computers, which have no practical speed limit at all. But the inefficient keyboard layout persisted, out of custom and habit. As a result—nearly 140 years after Sholes created his keyboard layout—modern computer users are stuck with an obsolete design that not only slows us down, but also can cause crippling hand injuries.\n\nYet we still use it. Countless alternative keyboard designs have been proposed through the years—August Dvorak's eponymous layout is the most famous—but none have stuck. There's just not enough momentum to switch, and any keyboard maker that manufactured a different layout would likely get burned. So it seems we're stuck with QWERTY.\nhttp://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/04/15/blank-slate-introduction_cx_de_06slate_0418blankintro.html\n\nWe've been using the Qwerty keyboard since the 1870s, when typewriter inventor C.L. Sholes moved letters around the keyboard so typewriter keys would stop jamming. \n\nWell, we don't use typewriters anymore. Technology has caught up with human dexterity. Jamming keys are no longer a problem. And the gymnastics our fingers do on the Qwerty keyboard can exacerbate repetitive stress problems. \n\nIn the 1930s, Washington State University Professor August Dvorak came up with a more common-sense design that placed some of the most commonly typed letters, including vowels, on the home row. A typist can type about 400 of the most common words in the English language on the Dvorak keyboard home row, compared with about 100 on the Qwerty keyboard home row. The Dvorak keyboard is 28 percent faster and won't lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.Anyone can change the keyboard layout to Dvorak settings in Windows. And many who are battling RSI (repetitive stress injuries) have done so. But, as this Forbes article suggests, isn't it time for a new universal keyboard design that can help speed typing without mangling a new generation of hands?\nhttp://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/404\n\nSelect a Dvorak Keyboard Layout:\nAlternative keyboard layouts called "Dvorak" layouts may be helpful to people who type with one hand or finger. These layouts make the most frequently typed characters on a keyboard more accessible to people who have difficulty using the standard keyboard layout by reducing the amount of motion required to type common English text. Use of these layouts may also help avoid some types of repetitive strain injuries associated with typing. This tutorial tells you how to select a Dvorak layout in Windows XP.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/keyboardlayout.aspx