Musique Concrete

Musique Concrete is important because of the capabilities it provided to musicians. Introducing a tape recorder changed everything.  Before, musicians were only able to play their instruments in a live circumstance.  Just playing it through and that was how it was taken in by the audience/listeners.  When a tape recorder was introduced, it gave artists the ability to record sounds, play them backwards, etc. They had the ability to manipulate the sounds and use them over and over to create a different sound.  You would be able to take an instrument with limited range, only like 3 strings, play those 3 strings one way and then play that sounds backwards using a tape recorder to create a different sound.