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From the Ted Talk by Ge Wang: The DIY orchestra of the future


Unscramble the Blue Letters


(msiuc) And finally, let's see, this is a totally different interaction, and I think you have to imagine that there's this ganit invisible drum stntiig right here on stage, and I'm going to bang it. (Drum) (Laughter) So there we go, so that's one of many instruments in the Laptop Orchestra.

(Applause)

Thank you.

And when you put that together, you get something that sounds like this.

(Music)

Okay, and so, I think from the experience of building a lot of instruments for the Laptop oecrthsra, and I think from the cosuiirty of wondering, what if we took these hopefully expressive instruments and we brought it to a lot of people, plus then a healthy bout of insanity — put those three things together — led to me actually co-founding a sturatp company in 2008 called Smule.

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(_____) And finally, let's see, this is a totally different interaction, and I think you have to imagine that there's this _____ invisible drum _______ right here on stage, and I'm going to bang it. (Drum) (Laughter) So there we go, so that's one of many instruments in the Laptop Orchestra.

(Applause)

Thank you.

And when you put that together, you get something that sounds like this.

(Music)

Okay, and so, I think from the experience of building a lot of instruments for the Laptop _________, and I think from the _________ of wondering, what if we took these hopefully expressive instruments and we brought it to a lot of people, plus then a healthy bout of insanity — put those three things together — led to me actually co-founding a _______ company in 2008 called Smule.

Solution


  1. startup
  2. curiosity
  3. music
  4. sitting
  5. orchestra
  6. giant

Original Text


(Music) And finally, let's see, this is a totally different interaction, and I think you have to imagine that there's this giant invisible drum sitting right here on stage, and I'm going to bang it. (Drum) (Laughter) So there we go, so that's one of many instruments in the Laptop Orchestra.

(Applause)

Thank you.

And when you put that together, you get something that sounds like this.

(Music)

Okay, and so, I think from the experience of building a lot of instruments for the Laptop Orchestra, and I think from the curiosity of wondering, what if we took these hopefully expressive instruments and we brought it to a lot of people, plus then a healthy bout of insanity — put those three things together — led to me actually co-founding a startup company in 2008 called Smule.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. applause
  2. bang
  3. bout
  4. brought
  5. building
  6. called
  7. company
  8. curiosity
  9. drum
  10. experience
  11. expressive
  12. finally
  13. giant
  14. healthy
  15. imagine
  16. insanity
  17. instruments
  18. interaction
  19. invisible
  20. laptop
  21. laughter
  22. led
  23. lot
  24. music
  25. orchestra
  26. people
  27. put
  28. sitting
  29. smule
  30. sounds
  31. stage
  32. startup
  33. totally
  34. wondering