The Playground

The first sound recording was reportedly captured in Paris by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in 1860, nearly two decades before Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone call (1876) or Thomas Edison’s phonograph (1877), Scott recorded the sound on his ‘Phonautograph’. The Phonautograph was made to study…

• Written by Gretta Dunn on Oct 7, 2020
• History, invention, music, music education, music history, piano, recording, simply music, sound, sound recording, study, the playground

In the old days, music was an ephemeral thing – if you weren’t there at the performance, it was gone forever. Nowadays if you wanted to, you could chronicle your every moment at the instrument via video or audio and share it instantly with the…

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Apr 28, 2016
• audio, benefits, catalogue, develop, gordon harvey, library, listen, music, neil moore, playing, preserve, record, recording, simply music, the playground, video

  Amazing Grace is a beautiful song. And, as is apparent from Neil’s introduction of it in both the foundation materials (Levels 1 and 2) as well as in the variations, it’s also a wonderful tool for learning! In the next several issues of the…

• Written by Guest Contributor on May 30, 2012
• amazing grace, arrangements, chords, groove, jennifer lee, learning, lessons, music, new, piano, recording, sheet music, simply music, the playground, tutorials, variation

It was a tribute to the life-changing power of music (as well as the wonders of the internet) when the world was charmed by the story and the voice of Susan Boyle when she sang “I Dreamed a Dream” on Britain’s Got Talent and showed…

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 2, 2010
• britain's got talent, les miserables, lessons, method, music, piano, recording, simply music, susan boyle, the playground