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To MAKE music, acoustic instruments were used for most purposes. The only electronic instruments were electronic organs (the Hammond organ was introduced in 1934 and competitors soon followed), electric Guitars and theremins (mostly used in movie scores).
To RECORD music, the vast majority of recordings were made using microphones, tube (valve) amplifiers, and cutting lathes that cut 78-rpm discs. These held 3 to 5 minutes of music on each side and were manufactured like cookies, pressing molten globs of plastic between stampers that held "negatives" of the original disk, with ridges matching the grooves that would be stamped into the plastic. The plastic was very stiff and did not take detailed impressions, so the sound quality was only somewhat better than a modern telephone.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoI assume you're asking about good music recorded in the 1940s. One of the best and most popular is Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller. Doris Day is also wonderful. She has beautiful songs like Again and Someone Like You that were recorded in the 1940s and that I love. Hope I answered your question.
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∙ 13y agoit was mainly jazz and big brass bands.
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Where was the center of the black music world in the 1930s and 1940s?
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Music - stupid!
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he enjoys 1940s German classical music
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Big band, jazz, and country.
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lots of jazz music
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What era did jazz music become a part of-?
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What music did the 1940s people listen to?
Swing and Big Band Jazz was the POPular music of the day.. ( Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, etc )
What era did jazz music become a part ofWhat era did jazz music become a part ofWhat era did jazz music become a part of?
Swing era of the 1930s and the 1940s
First integrated group to have a number one record?
Doo-wop. A genre of music which was developed in the 1940s.
Where was the center of the black music world in the 1930s and 1940s?
In the 1920s and 1930s it was Harlem, New York City.
Did rock music originate in the US?
Yes, Rock & Roll (which is the foundations of rock music) originated in the US during the late 1940s and early 50's.
Dancing before Elvis music?
In the 1940s and 1950s, swing music, also called big band was popular. It was similar to jazz, but with more danceable rhythms.
