Optigan Disc Banjo Sing Along 70018 - Dixieland, Rag-time Influence
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"Rag-time piano, Snare drums.... all on the Optigan. Break out the blazers & skimmers." They also loosely described it as a 1920's Dixeland, Charlston sound

Rhythms: 4/4
Left Hand: Banjos, bass & Drums
Right Hand: Organ

The Optigan is an electronic keyboard instrument designed for the consumer market back in the 70's. The name stems from the instrument's reliance on pre-recorded optical soundtracks to reproduce sound.

The Optigan's playback system functioned much like the storage and reading of an optical soundtrack as was used in motion pictures, using a light bulb to energize a row of photodiodes on the opposite side of spinning, 12" diameter clear plastic film discs (officially referred to as "Program Discs") encoded with fifty-seven concentric optical tracks. The system then translated the analog waveforms on the disc to an audio signal.