Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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llll lll III t HE production of sound, though originally by the human voice, was first artificially created by horns, derived from animals and later made of metal. About this time hollow reeds, producing tones, were joined in groups giving dit- ferent pitches. These, told ot in mythology, The Pipes of Pan, caused the out- growth ot the organ. QA Acknowledgments Bodie's Studio Pontiac Engraving W. B. Conkey Company Donors Eunice McCullough Faculty Advisor 1 f X ,i If l

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HYTI-IM, the first step to music, was originated by prehistoric man, some time dur- ing the stone age. This, being a natural instinct, was created by beating certain cadences on wood and skin objects. THE '4 UNES OF 1931 V v

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THE UNES 1931 PUBLISHED BY HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL 1 HAMMOND INDIANA U'SlCAL notation was orig- inally a prefixed letter on a four-line staff, indicating pitch. Graphic signs were placed there- on to illustrate trend of melody. These signs gradually changed to square flags and thence to our present form notes. At present men are working on systems of quarter and third tone music which may be that of the future.