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3 | 3 | title: Musical Keyboards Contest
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4 | 4 | subtitle: Musical Keyboards Contest
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| -<center>3rd Century BCE: The Ancient Greeks invent the Hydraulis, the first keyboard</center><br> |
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| -<center>14th Century CE: The clavichord and harpsichord are invented</center><br> |
| 6 | +<center>3rd Century BCE: The Ancient Greeks invent the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_organ>Hydraulis, the first keyboard</a></center><br> |
| 7 | +<center>14th Century CE: The <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavichord>clavichord</a> and <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord>harpsichord</a> are invented</center><br> |
8 | 8 | <center>15th Century CE: Händel and Bach write many compositions including the harpsichord</center><br>
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9 | 9 | <center>18th Century CE: The piano was created, allowing musicians to vary the volume of their music</center><br>
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10 | 10 | <center>1876: The “Musical Telegraph” was invented, one of the first electronic musical instruments</center><br>
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16 | 16 | <center>1983: First MIDI specification published</center><br>
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17 | 17 | <center>1985: IBM launches the Model M keyboard</center><br>
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18 | 18 | <center>1990s: Electronic music grows in popularity</center><br>
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| -<center>Oct 24, 2015: Jack forks TMK into his own project, and names it QMK</center><br> |
| 19 | +<center>Oct 24, 2015: Jack forks TMK into his own project, and <a href=https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/commit/abc1c0e31e880861cf82e674bb4ffce9f4e13858#diff-04c6e90faac2675aa89e2176d2eec7d8>names it QMK</a></center><br> |
20 | 20 | <center>Winter 2015: Jack adds midi support and music mode to qmk for use on the Planck</center><br>
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21 | 21 | <center>2017: Skullydazed adds a full dac and stereo speakers to the arm chip in the Clueboard 60</center><br>
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22 | 22 | <center>July 22, 2017: Seattle Mechanical Keyboard summer meetup v1</center><br>
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23 | 23 | <center>2018: Jack pulls those audio improvements into the Planck Rev6</center><br>
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24 | 24 | <center>July 28, 2018: Seattle Mechanical Keyboard summer meetup v2</center><br>
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| -As Jack and Skullydazed continue to blur the lines between computer keyboards and musical keyboards, we thought it would be fun to host a little musical contest for the meetup! We understand that not everyone can cover The Final Countdown on their planck, so we are opening this up to any sounds made by a keyboard!<br> |
| 26 | +As Jack and Skullydazed continue to blur the lines between computer keyboards and musical keyboards, we thought it would be fun to host a little musical contest for the meetup! We understand that not everyone can <a href=https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/796uan/planck_music_hits_vol_1/>cover The Final Countdown on their planck</a>, so we are opening this up to any sounds made by a keyboard!</a><br> |
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28 | 28 | Have some switches that click just perfectly? Let’s hear em!<br>
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29 | 29 | Finally got the thocc just right on your lubed hypersphered hhkb? Bring it out!<br>
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