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From the Ted Talk by Tod Machover + Dan Ellsey: Inventing instruments that unlock new music

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So that's the way he made his piece, and as Adam says, we then figured out the best way to have him perform his piece. It's going to be looked at by this camera, analyze his movements, it's going to let Dan _____ out all the different aspects of his music that he wants to. And you're also going to notice a visual on the screen. We asked one of our students to look at what the ______ is measuring. But instead of making it very literal, showing you exactly the camera tracing, we turned it into a graphic that shows you the _____ ________, and shows the way it's being ________.

Solution

  1. bring
  2. camera
  3. basic
  4. analyzed
  5. movement

Original Text

So that's the way he made his piece, and as Adam says, we then figured out the best way to have him perform his piece. It's going to be looked at by this camera, analyze his movements, it's going to let Dan bring out all the different aspects of his music that he wants to. And you're also going to notice a visual on the screen. We asked one of our students to look at what the camera is measuring. But instead of making it very literal, showing you exactly the camera tracing, we turned it into a graphic that shows you the basic movement, and shows the way it's being analyzed.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. adam
  2. analyze
  3. analyzed
  4. asked
  5. aspects
  6. basic
  7. bring
  8. camera
  9. dan
  10. figured
  11. graphic
  12. literal
  13. looked
  14. making
  15. measuring
  16. movement
  17. movements
  18. music
  19. notice
  20. perform
  21. piece
  22. screen
  23. showing
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  25. students
  26. tracing
  27. turned
  28. visual