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 the keaton music typing machine

Patented in 1953 by Robert Keaton, it's an improved version from an earlier model (also patented in 1936).

Its name says it all: it allowed typing music notation in a mechanized (and with higher quality) way.

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One of those pieces that transcends its origins (soundtrack for the movie "A Beautiful Mind") and time itself.

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Rosheen Du/Roisin Dubh/Dark Rosaleen is a "lost" gem by Chameleon, appearing in their debut album and in the 1991 mini-series Chimera.

Featuring Olive Simpson's heavenly voice.

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Blake Mills (plus Danielle Haim) in a (live) cover of Bob Dylan's Heart of Mine.

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An interesting visualization technique that exposes regularities/patterns and repetition in musical compositions.

From the source:

The diagrams in The Shape of Song display musical form as a sequence of translucent arches. Each arch connects two repeated, identical passages of a composition. By using repeated passages as signposts, the diagram illustrates the deep structure of the composition.

Below, Madonna, "Like A Prayer":

 the shape of song: madonna

Contrasting with, Chopin, "Mazurka in F# Minor":

 the shape of song: chopin
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