Power hour 27 (Making Music with Electronics)

Today, this kind of music is common. Computers are often used in music. They are able to create sounds that sound like other instruments. And they are also able to create noises that don't sound like any other instruments! This opens up people's choices when they are making music. With computers, people don't need to stick to the instruments that they have in front of them.

Synthesizers are also electronic instruments. These are used in a lot of music today. Like computers, they give people a lot of control over the kinds of sounds they can make in their music. Many of them can be played like keyboards. They let people change the sound of the keyboard in a lot of ways. People can make it sound loud and harsh. Or they can make it sound smooth and soft. They can make a steady note get loud, then soft, then loud again. Or they can make it waver between other notes! 

So the next time you turn on the radio, listen closely. Is that a piano you hear? Or is that a computer or a synthesizer?