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【TED】Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music (The mad scientist of music | Mark Applebaum)
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songwen8778 posted on 2016/08/04Ever wondered what happens when a composer becomes a mad scientist? Dive into Mark Applebaum's world of "boredom-driven creativity," where he explores unique instrument designs and graphic notation! You'll pick up some fascinating advanced vocabulary related to contemporary composition and performance art.
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weird
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UK /wɪəd/
- Adjective
- Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- Eerily strange or disturbing.
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- Noun
- Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- Small piece of something
- Intransitive Verb
- (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
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- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Instruction and practice to teach obedience
- Particular field of study
- Transitive Verb
- To control or train others by making them obey you
- To punish a person for their wrongdoing
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- To start to fight with an enemy
- To hire someone for a task or job
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