Question
A facility at Stanford called CCRMA (“karma”) pioneered the frequency modulation method used by these instruments, such as the Yamaha DX7. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these musical instruments. Wendy Carlos arranged “Air on the G String” for this instrument on her 1968 album Switched-On Bach.
ANSWER: synthesizers [or synths; or digital synthesizers; accept Moog synthesizers]
[10e] A composer with this first name and the surname Chowning discovered FM synthesis and founded CCRMA. Another composer with this first name wrote Music of Changes and 4’33” (“four minutes, thirty-three seconds”).
ANSWER: John [accept John Chowning; accept John Cage]
[10h] Chowning played this composer a piece that uses FM synthesis during his 1972 residency at Stanford. This developer of micropolyphony wrote the “anti-anti-opera” Le Grand Macabre.
ANSWER: Gyorgy Ligeti [or György Sándor Ligeti; or Ligeti Gyorgy]
<Michael Bentley, Fine Arts - Music - 1900 to 1970> ~22195~ <Editor: Ivvone Zhou>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Academy A | Heights | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | Hunter A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Kinkaid | Belmont | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Winston Churchill A | Hoover A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |