OMNICHORD

Suzuki Omnichord

An 'Omnichord' is an electronic musical instrument manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate and numerous chord buttons. The most basic method of playing the instrument is to press the chord buttons, and strum the touch plate. Omnichords often feature preset rhythms with a tempo control which the player may use as accompaniment. Other features may include a selection of voices, and effects such as vibrato and sustain, as well as a chord memory in more advanced models.

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QChord

Omnichords in popular music

External links

QChord

After many years and several revisions the Omnichord has been replaced by the QChord; an instrument based on the omnichord, but with expanded and advanced features, such as a MIDI interface (some later Omnichord models also had MIDI) and song cartridge capabilities.

Omnichords in popular music

Several famous musicians have used omnichords in their music, among them:

★ a-ha, uses the Omnichord in their live performances of the song Holyground from the album Analogue (album) ( 2005 )

★ Arcade Fire, "Ocean of Noise", from the album Neon Bible

★ Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, "You Are What You Love"

★ John Mayer ''Room for Squares''

★ DEVO's ''Oh, No! It's Devo album''

★ Daniel Lanois

★ SELF on the albums ''Breakfast with Girls'' & ''Gizmodgery''

★ Jarvis Cocker

★ The Folk Implosion, "One Part Lullabye"

★ Robbie Williams

★ David Bowie on ''Heathen''

★ Elvis Costello

★ The Dixie Chicks

★ John Ringhofer (Half-handed Cloud) on ''Halos and Lassos''

★ Brian Eno

★ Bob Dylan

★ Ringo Starr

★ The Mae Shi "Body 2" from ''Terrorbird'' and "Remarkably Dirty Animals" and "Nickel Arcade" from ''Do Not Ignore The Potential''

★ Metalmags

★ Björk

★ Sarah Blasko "Amazing Things" from ''What the Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have''

★ The Bens

★ The Gomorrah Lapse

★ My Morning Jacket

★ Ween

★ Au Revoir Simone

★ The Magnetic Fields ''69 Love Songs''

★ Ariel Pink "She's My Girl" from ''House Arrest/Lover Boy (Haunted Graffiti 5-6)''

★ Silvertongue(NO)

★ Trio, "Tooralooralooraloo - Is It Old & Is It New"

★ Espers

★ Dntel
In 2000, the band The High Fidelity released ''The Omnichord Album''; an album of songs featuring omnichords (as well as the occasional QChord).
In 2005, London Elektricity released ''Power Ballads'' on the Hospital Records label, an album which involves omnichords. The cover art shows the artist, Tony Colman, holding a black and white Omnichord.
In 2006, Half-handed Cloud released ''Halos and Lassos'', in which nearly all the tracks use an Omnichord.

External links

★ World-wide Omnichord and QChord users group

★ Suzuki Musical Instruments

★ Suzuki Europe Ltd

★ Suzuki Musical Instruments - India

★ QChord Network

★ Boutique en ligne Suzuki Qchord France

★ An instructional video to play The Suzuki QChord

★ Suzuki QChord Information and Specifications

★ Home of the Qchord