he wasn t even the first. Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone line in 1876, which was

the same year the telephone was invented. Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in

1874, calling it the “Musical Telegraph”. Alexander Graham Bell also designed an experimental

“Electric Harp” for speech to be transmitted over a telephone line using technology similar to

Gray s. Bell was a speech teacher for the deaf. In 1879 he created an instrument to measure

hearing loss. That is why the degrees of loudness came to be measured in bels or decibels.

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Task 3: Thank You for the Music

I m nothing special, in fact I m a bit of a bore

If I tell a joke, you re probably heard it before

But I have a talent, a wonderful thing

‘Cause everyone listens when I start to sing

I m so grateful and proud

All I want is to sing it out loud

So I say

Thank you for the music, the songs I m singing

Thanks for all the joy they re bringing

Who can live without it, I ask in all honestly

What would life be

Without a song or a dance what are we

So I say thank you for the music

For giving it to me

Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk

She says I began to sing long before I could talk

And I ve often wondered, how did it all start

Who found out that nothing can capture a heart

Like a melody can

Well, whoever it was, I m a fan

So I say

Thank you for the music, the songs I m singing

Speaking

Musical Memories

Tony: Listen! Quick, turn up the radio! Isn t that “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”

Nancy: Yeah, it is, but what s the big deal?

Tony: When I was a little boy, my grandmother took me to see the movie The Lion King. That s

the Elton John song from the movie.

Nancy: I still can t understand why it s so important to you.

Tony: Because it was the first movie I ever saw with my grandma and because I really loved