Music Technology and Production
What Music Technology and Production means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Use of contemporary music technology including drum machines, sampling and synthesizers, alongside live instrumentation like brass sections, horns and rhythm sections.
Students must understand Daft Punk's use of technology, including synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders and sampling.
Topics that use Music Technology and Production
- Area of study 2: Pop music - Named artists (AQA A-Level)
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