Omnichord
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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.
Jim James of My Morning Jacket is known to perform with an Omnichord at many of his live shows. An Omnichord will make its first appearance on a proper My Morning Jacket album with the release of Evil Urges.
Karen O of the yeah yeah yeahs plays an omnichord on their album Show Your Bones.
[edit] 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After many years and several revisions the Omnichord has been replaced by the QChord; an instrument based on the omnichord, but with expanded and advanced features, such as a MIDI interface (some later Omnichord models also had MIDI)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.
[edit] 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
Other bands with this instrument include:
De Novo Dahl
The Spits
Hyperbubble
The Mae Shi
