Chords for BBC Archive Tomorrow's World Moog Synthesiser
Tempo:
91.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
E
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[D] [C] [Am]
[G] [C] [A]
[Am] [Gm] [G]
[Am] [Bb]
[A] [Dm] [D] All these instrumental [F] sounds were made electronically by one man, Michael Vickers, [C] on a single musical
instrument.
It's called the Moog [Dm] synthesizer.
It produces sounds in a matter of minutes,
which would normally [A] take radiophonic experts with their [E] complicated equipment [F] days of work
and multiple [A] re-recording to achieve.
[D]
[Db] The instrument is made up of independent [N] electronic
units packed together into a compact console.
There are oscillators which produce the sound,
filters, amplifiers and envelope generators which shape it.
The sound can even be automatically
triggered.
You don't have to be an electronics expert to play the Moog.
All you need is a
good musical ear because you create your sound simply by plugging into the right holes.
When
you've done this, they can be played on the keyboard.
Sound is a series of vibrations
which travel through the air to be interpreted by the ear.
Here the vibrations are generated
electronically by an oscillator and a simple continuous tone looks like this [G] on an oscilloscope.
[N] Each oscillator can produce a limitless number of [G] tones.
[Bb] But sounds from a conventional musical
instrument are not simple tones.
There are a multitude of harmonics.
On the Moog, the
sound is made simply by connecting a second oscillator to the first and then repeating
the process until the new sound [N] has more depth to it.
By connecting several oscillators,
the sound takes on a special quality and any musical sound can be built up from basic
components.
Now the continuous sound has to be shaped so that it has a musical form when
it's played and a unit called the envelope generator does this by controlling the way
a sound starts and finishes.
Some musical sounds are made up of fundamentally the same
kinds of vibrations, but it [F] is the shaping of the note when it's played which makes
the difference between the sound of a piano [G] and a flute.
[Db] Once shaped, the sound can be
played on the keyboard [F] which now controls electronically [C] all the other units which have
been used to create [Db] it.
[G]
The [N] keyboard range can be altered so that notes never heard before
on a piano can now be produced.
As well as short notes, long continuous sounds can be
played on the second keyboard by running your finger up and down a stretched metal band.
This produces continuously changing voltages which in turn produce changing sounds.
[G]
[Eb] [N]
[C] The
instrument is called a synthesizer because the sound of any musical [Ab] instrument can be
built up electronically.
A composer need no longer bother with a room full of tape recorders
and [D] electronic equipment.
His time can be devoted entirely to producing the music he
wants to play.
[C]
[E] The difference is that when he's finished, his original score looks more
like an electrician's wiring diagram.
But once you've finished plugging up the oscillators,
you can play from an ordinary score.
[Eb]
The days of [B] the one-man band are back again.
[G] [E]
[Em] [B]
[Em]
[E]
[B] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[D] [C] [Am]
[G] [C] [A]
[Am] [Gm] [G]
[Am] [Bb]
[A] [Dm] [D] All these instrumental [F] sounds were made electronically by one man, Michael Vickers, [C] on a single musical
instrument.
It's called the Moog [Dm] synthesizer.
It produces sounds in a matter of minutes,
which would normally [A] take radiophonic experts with their [E] complicated equipment [F] days of work
and multiple [A] re-recording to achieve.
[D]
[Db] The instrument is made up of independent [N] electronic
units packed together into a compact console.
There are oscillators which produce the sound,
filters, amplifiers and envelope generators which shape it.
The sound can even be automatically
triggered.
You don't have to be an electronics expert to play the Moog.
All you need is a
good musical ear because you create your sound simply by plugging into the right holes.
When
you've done this, they can be played on the keyboard.
Sound is a series of vibrations
which travel through the air to be interpreted by the ear.
Here the vibrations are generated
electronically by an oscillator and a simple continuous tone looks like this [G] on an oscilloscope.
[N] Each oscillator can produce a limitless number of [G] tones.
[Bb] But sounds from a conventional musical
instrument are not simple tones.
There are a multitude of harmonics.
On the Moog, the
sound is made simply by connecting a second oscillator to the first and then repeating
the process until the new sound [N] has more depth to it.
By connecting several oscillators,
the sound takes on a special quality and any musical sound can be built up from basic
components.
Now the continuous sound has to be shaped so that it has a musical form when
it's played and a unit called the envelope generator does this by controlling the way
a sound starts and finishes.
Some musical sounds are made up of fundamentally the same
kinds of vibrations, but it [F] is the shaping of the note when it's played which makes
the difference between the sound of a piano [G] and a flute.
[Db] Once shaped, the sound can be
played on the keyboard [F] which now controls electronically [C] all the other units which have
been used to create [Db] it.
[G]
The [N] keyboard range can be altered so that notes never heard before
on a piano can now be produced.
As well as short notes, long continuous sounds can be
played on the second keyboard by running your finger up and down a stretched metal band.
This produces continuously changing voltages which in turn produce changing sounds.
[G]
[Eb] [N]
[C] The
instrument is called a synthesizer because the sound of any musical [Ab] instrument can be
built up electronically.
A composer need no longer bother with a room full of tape recorders
and [D] electronic equipment.
His time can be devoted entirely to producing the music he
wants to play.
[C]
[E] The difference is that when he's finished, his original score looks more
like an electrician's wiring diagram.
But once you've finished plugging up the oscillators,
you can play from an ordinary score.
[Eb]
The days of [B] the one-man band are back again.
[G] [E]
[Em] [B]
[Em]
[E]
[B] [E]
[B] [Abm]
Key:
G
C
E
D
A
G
C
E
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] All these instrumental [F] sounds were made electronically by one man, Michael Vickers, [C] on a single musical
instrument.
It's called the Moog [Dm] synthesizer.
It produces sounds in a matter of minutes,
which would normally [A] take radiophonic experts with their [E] complicated equipment [F] days of work
and multiple [A] re-recording to achieve.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] The instrument is made up of independent [N] electronic
units packed together into a compact console.
There are oscillators which produce the sound,
filters, amplifiers and envelope generators which shape it.
The sound can even be automatically
triggered.
You don't have to be an electronics expert to play the Moog.
All you need is a
good musical ear because you create your sound simply by plugging into the right holes.
When
you've done this, they can be played on the keyboard. _ _ _
Sound is a series of vibrations
which travel through the air to be interpreted by the ear.
Here the vibrations are generated
electronically by an oscillator and a simple continuous tone looks like this [G] on an oscilloscope.
_ _ [N] Each oscillator can produce a limitless number of [G] tones. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] But sounds from a conventional musical
instrument are not simple tones.
There are a multitude of harmonics.
On the Moog, the
sound is made simply by connecting a second oscillator to the first and then repeating
the process until the new sound [N] has more depth to it.
By connecting several oscillators,
the sound takes on a special quality and any musical sound can be built up from basic
components.
Now the continuous sound has to be shaped so that it has a musical form when
it's played and a unit called the envelope generator does this by controlling the way
a sound starts and finishes.
Some musical sounds are made up of fundamentally the same
kinds of vibrations, but it [F] is the shaping of the note when it's played which makes
the difference between the sound of a piano [G] and a flute.
_ _ _ [Db] Once shaped, the sound can be
played on the keyboard [F] which now controls electronically [C] all the other units which have
been used to create [Db] it.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ The [N] keyboard range can be altered so that notes never heard before
on a piano can now be produced.
As well as short notes, long continuous sounds can be
played on the second keyboard by running your finger up and down a stretched metal band.
This produces continuously changing voltages which in turn produce changing sounds.
[G] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ The
instrument is called a synthesizer because the sound of any musical [Ab] instrument can be
built up electronically.
A composer need no longer bother with a room full of tape recorders
and [D] electronic equipment.
His time can be devoted entirely to producing the music he
wants to play.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] The difference is that when he's finished, his original score looks more
like an electrician's wiring diagram. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But once you've finished plugging up the oscillators,
you can play from an ordinary score. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ The days of [B] the one-man band are back again.
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] All these instrumental [F] sounds were made electronically by one man, Michael Vickers, [C] on a single musical
instrument.
It's called the Moog [Dm] synthesizer.
It produces sounds in a matter of minutes,
which would normally [A] take radiophonic experts with their [E] complicated equipment [F] days of work
and multiple [A] re-recording to achieve.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] The instrument is made up of independent [N] electronic
units packed together into a compact console.
There are oscillators which produce the sound,
filters, amplifiers and envelope generators which shape it.
The sound can even be automatically
triggered.
You don't have to be an electronics expert to play the Moog.
All you need is a
good musical ear because you create your sound simply by plugging into the right holes.
When
you've done this, they can be played on the keyboard. _ _ _
Sound is a series of vibrations
which travel through the air to be interpreted by the ear.
Here the vibrations are generated
electronically by an oscillator and a simple continuous tone looks like this [G] on an oscilloscope.
_ _ [N] Each oscillator can produce a limitless number of [G] tones. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] But sounds from a conventional musical
instrument are not simple tones.
There are a multitude of harmonics.
On the Moog, the
sound is made simply by connecting a second oscillator to the first and then repeating
the process until the new sound [N] has more depth to it.
By connecting several oscillators,
the sound takes on a special quality and any musical sound can be built up from basic
components.
Now the continuous sound has to be shaped so that it has a musical form when
it's played and a unit called the envelope generator does this by controlling the way
a sound starts and finishes.
Some musical sounds are made up of fundamentally the same
kinds of vibrations, but it [F] is the shaping of the note when it's played which makes
the difference between the sound of a piano [G] and a flute.
_ _ _ [Db] Once shaped, the sound can be
played on the keyboard [F] which now controls electronically [C] all the other units which have
been used to create [Db] it.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ The [N] keyboard range can be altered so that notes never heard before
on a piano can now be produced.
As well as short notes, long continuous sounds can be
played on the second keyboard by running your finger up and down a stretched metal band.
This produces continuously changing voltages which in turn produce changing sounds.
[G] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ The
instrument is called a synthesizer because the sound of any musical [Ab] instrument can be
built up electronically.
A composer need no longer bother with a room full of tape recorders
and [D] electronic equipment.
His time can be devoted entirely to producing the music he
wants to play.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] The difference is that when he's finished, his original score looks more
like an electrician's wiring diagram. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But once you've finished plugging up the oscillators,
you can play from an ordinary score. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ The days of [B] the one-man band are back again.
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _