From early music players such as the gramophone to today's digital music platforms and players, trace the evolution of technology's developments in all things music-related. A host of famous musical inventions show how music has become more portable over the years and how other inventions such as the Internet and easy access to electricity has powered the ways we can enjoy music. This book highlights how inventors and engineers have developed and improved on technology to make music players such an important part of human history. This book also dissects some of the major developments in each era, to give a rounded picture of these amazing machines.

Technology Timelines is a series of six book aimed at upper KS2 and early KS3 readers, tracing the development of specific technologies through the ages.

This book is part of a book series called Technology Timelines .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tom Jackson is the author of over 60 natural science books for children. He is a zoologist and has worked in publishing for many years.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 1: Phonograph
• 1: Gramophone
• 1: Radio set
• 1: Record player
• 1: Portable radio
• 1: Hi-Fi
• 1: Tape desck
• 1: Compact disc
• 1: Going digital
• 1: Music apps
• 1: Modern sounds
• 1: The future of music
• 1: Glossary and index