The Introduction of the Electric Guitar

Many new industries emerged throughout the Roaring Twenties that are still playing a major role in today?s society. The consumer product industry electrically powered products introduced during the 1920?s. Some of these products consisted of the

Despite the Phonograph and the Gramophone’s success, the invention of the radio in 1906 was a threat to the recording industry. The major record companies had a hard time keeping their own sales up due to the radio, but the later invention of the LPs and 45 rpm records made the sales rocket. By the 60s and 70s, the records had taken America by storm.

Along with the coming out of hit television shows, movies, and music, technology was advancing a lot too. In 1951, the first IBM Mainframe Computer was built.(Silverman 7) Shortly after

This country has seen some of the most dramatic changes in technology, the economy, and global dominance to ever occur in America’s history. Times were good during the 1920s as the economy was booming and unemployment was low. However, the market was being overinflated and the pace of economic growth could not be sustained and in 1929 the stock market started dropping significantly. The entire country turned into a panic and the whole economy was being dragged down while unemployment skyrocketed. During the 1930s, America went through the worst depression in recent history. Lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to solve this

The 1920's saw a great technological advance. Mechanical power almost completely replaced manpower in the work force and output per man-hour almost doubled between 1910-1929.

In the twenties, industry took a very big step. It nearly doubled. Not only did industry grow so did science, fads, laws, beliefs, arts, social lives changed, sports and the various different news from around the globe.

in the twenties when a man by the name of Charlie Chaplain who was known for his "tramp" look, dominated the silent movie business. He was considered one of the most talented actors of the 20’s. Also during the 20’s radio was the popular for of listening to music and listening to the news. In the later 1920’s the television was created which now aloud people to see a picture in their home for entertainment, but the television did not surpass the radio entertainment wise, because most people were unable to afford it.

Perhaps an even greater example of technology’s influence on the music industry is told with the

he guitar goes way back to like the Medieval and the Renaissance time periods. Throughout the years it has impacted music in a huge way. You rarely listen to music that does not have the guitar either being the main instrument or working as a backup. Most music genres will be impossible without the guitar. Genres such as Rock, Spanish music, Country, American Blues etc. will not even exist if it wasn’t for the guitar. (Phoebe) “ Country and western music will not be the same without the guitar. The traditional spanish music will be impossible without the guitar. The American blues will not exist without the sad cry of the guitar”. The guitar has truly evolved and has impacted music in a huge way. And as the years go by it will keep on crying out its beautiful sound. In this essay i will tell you about how throughout the years artists have used the guitar to change music.

Pop culture during the 1920’s The 1920’s were an exciting and fascinating time in American History. Pop culture transformed america into a more vibrant and a modernized country. Pop culture includes Flappers, jazz music, and marathon dancers. The 1920’s was considered the aftermath for the world war 1 because many found comfort knowing that the war was done and it was time to celebrate.

The development of 1920s and 1930s media and technology was extremely influential upon the period of time immediately after. Media in the 1920-30s and its relevance to the years that followed, focusing on the western world. Through the journalism and writing movements during the era, new technology was exposed to the public and impacted events in the years that followed. The term technology can also apply to machinery, medicine and weaponry; however, none of them corresponded with the changes to media in the 1920s and 1930s. The evolvement of media and technology in the 1920s and 1930s impacted events during the era and later in the Second World War.

In 1927 new technology emerged in sound, people started going back to the theatres to watch films,

After the Guittern, the guitar’s structure stayed the same and had little changes. One of the slightly improved guitars was called the Ghitarra Battente. The Ghitarra Battente was the first guitarlike instrument to use a saddle, a movable bridge, and led the trend towards metal frets (4). The Ghitarra Battente helped the popularity of the guitar grow tremendously. This instrument somewhat slowed down the development and improvements to the guitar until the 1500s. In the 1500s, the Vinuhela de Mano was introduced to the world. The Vinuhela de Mano is the the largest guitar to date and set the size for the modern guitar. This instrument had several soundholes on the top of the guitar, was played using a pick, and used gut strings. The Vihuela de Mano resembles the modern twelve-stringed guitars. The first publication of music for the guitar was published in 1564 and was called “Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela.” After the Vihuela de Mano, many forms of the guitar emerged that improved the structure of the

Inventors have been playing with the idea of electrically powered musical instruments since the 1800s, but "the first attempts at an amplified instrument did not come until the development of electrical amplification by the radio industry in the 1920s."

guitars and process them so that they sound like a percussion instrument.”.’(Butch Vig, from R. Buskin: