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It's hard to describe the beautiful sounds you'll hear from your QChord. We are pleased to offer these QChord songs and sound samples for your listening pleasure.  You can select and combine strumplate voices, rhythms, and myriad other QChord features to express yourself musically, as demonstrated in these samples.

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For your listening pleasure:

• My Quaint Cute QChord Song. An original recording written and sung by Ginny Redington Dawes, engineered and produced by Tom Dawes.
• Teresa Allan. 
  Sound clips from her very latest album "Rock of Ages".
• Kelly Williams. 
  From her latest  CD: "That's What You Are To Me".  Also, "Praise is the Key", "The Love of Jesus", "Never Alone". Original songs, contributed by contemporary Christian artist, Kelly Williams.
• Jackie McBride.  
  Contributions by Jackie McBride, an active member of our international QChord User Group.
  • Storm on Crooked Lake. An original composition in Midi format. 
  • Oh Susanna! A demo of how to play melody on the QChord.
• Dave Foster.   
  "Dunkin' Donut Dee Dee"  An original song by Dave Foster (aka QChord Dave) from his QChord Album - "Old Dog - New Tricks".
• Lloyd Mattson.
  "Buggin' The Deacons". Jazz composition, QChord and harmonica.
• Ken Osbourn. 
  "How Many Presidents Can You Name?" Original QChord composition.
• Strumplate. Short sound clips from the QChord strumplate.
• Rhythms. Short sound clips of the various available rhythms.

My Quaint Cute QChord Song

An original recording written and sung by Ginny Redington Dawes, engineered and produced by Tom Dawes.

Besides being a very catchy tune, this number is a fabulous, unsolicited testimonial to the QChord. It seems the Dawes went to visit Ginny's brother Joe, and there they discovered the QChord. In this musical description of their discovery, somehow they've managed to demonstrate many of the features of the QChord as well.

Those of you adventurous souls interested in exploring the MIDI capabilities built into the QChord will want to check this out, too. Don't miss this one!

My Quaint Cute QChord Song  - Mono version (780K, MP3)
My Quaint Cute QChord Song  - Stereo version (1.5 MB, MP3)

Don't you love it? How'd they do it? Click here for the lyrics, chords, and some play notes.

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Teresa Allan

Songs of faith and inspiration from up and coming Christian recording artist Teresa Allan.  Teresa sings lead and harmonizing vocals, and, uses the QChord as accompaniment for her recordings.  Here are just a few sample clips to play or download.

From her latest "Rock of Ages" album:
The Everlasting Arms (sample sound clip; 368K, MP3)
Old Rugged Cross (sample sound clip; 543 K, MP3)
Rock of Ages (sample sound clip; 461K, MP3)
Amazing Grace (sample sound clip; 364K, MP3)
At The Cross (sample sound clip; 353K, MP3)
In The Garden (sample sound clip; 676K, MP3)

From her 2003 Christmas album: 
The First Noel (sample sound clip; 1.4 MB, MP3)
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing (sample sound clip; 1 MB, MP3)
O! Little Town of Bethlehem (sample sound clip; 1 MB, MP3)

You can hear many additional selections, including original compositions and full versions of some songs, at Teresa's web site. Also available for purchase on CD or cassette. See Teresa's USA web site:  NewCreationHealthUnlimited.com.

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Kelly Williams

If you are an Allison Krauss / Dolly Parton fan, you are certainly going to enjoy these original songs from our fellow QChord User Group member Kelly Williams. Inspirational vocals, accompanied by QChord. 

That's What You Are To Me. (2.9 MB, MP3). From her latest CD entitled: "Little is Much".  Kelly uses the acoustic guitar rhythm from the QRC-2  rhythm cartridge. 

Praise is the Key. (2.4 MB, MP3). Title song from her " Praise is the Key" CD.

The Love of Jesus. (3.5 MB, MP3).   From her CD entitled: "If My People".

Never Alone. (3.5 MB, MP3). From her first CD entitled: "Mercy In The Morning".

All songs are copyright (c) Kelly Williams. CD's ($10) and tapes ($7) are available for purchase.

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Jackie McBride

Storm on Crooked Lake

Jackie McBride, an active member of our international QChord User Group, has contributed this original composition in MP3 format. In her own words:

"You wanna hear what you can do with midi? It's in an mp3 format (mainly because midi varies so greatly from sound card to sound card), but most of it was in fact done using midi . . . It's called "Storm on Crooked Lake", which is a little lake in Wisconsin where my Dad lives in the summer. The song is one of those rather relaxing instrumentals which depicts the sudden onset of a storm on the lake (which, incidentally, my husband & I got caught in).

This is my first composition recorded on the computer, & I am a little proud of it. It's not 100% perfect (I may rework it), but it's a darned good first start."

Storm on Crooked Lake. (1.8 MB, MP3)

Oh Susanna! Melody Demo

In response to inquiries from our QChord User Group about how to play melody with the QChord, Jackie has:

". . . produced an mp3 file demonstrating this, along with the lyrics & music to a classic "Oh Susanna". I chose this because it's familiar (and no longer copyrighted). I used the QChord on EZ-play, so as not to mask what I was doing with rhythms, etc.

Both the text/chord file and MP3 are integral to the demo. And you will need a Windows MP3 player such as Windows Media player (Version 6 or higher), or Winamp, or something of the sort. These are free and readily available for download, and may even have come with your web browser."

The Sound File

Play or Download: "Oh Susanna!" sound file. (435K, MP3)

The Text File

"Oh Susanna!" text file. (1K, text file)

For more songs, and information about QChord for the Visually Impaired,  see Jackie's web site.

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Dave Foster

Dunkin' Donut Dee Dee. (5.9 MB, MP3). An original song by Dave Foster (aka "QChord Dave") from his QChord Album - "Old Dog - New Tricks".  New Artist Records.

Lloyd Mattson

Buggin' The Deacons. (625K, MP3). A beautiful Jazz composition. "Buggin the Deacons" is a gentle joke on straight-laced folks who don't approve of a jazzed-up children's hymn. Lloyd's version of "Jesus Loves Me (This I Know)" was done in a single live take. Lloyd plays a chromatic harmonica, held in his left hand, while playing the QChord with his right. He has become a dedicated Q-master since he discovered how perfect the QChord is for accompanying himself on the harmonica. An excellent example of the potential of a harmonica / QChord combo. 

Lloyd is co-author of the "McGuffey Eclectic QChord Reader", an interactive beginner's guide to playing the QChord. 

Ken Osbourn

You may recognize "The Voice" from USA TV or radio announcements, programs, and/or commercials.  Ken's voice-over career spans almost twenty years; his versatility allows him to do everything from "warm and fuzzy" announcements for the Love Stories Channel to scary/dramatic promos for the Mystery Channel, and everything in between. (More information and samples of his voice-overs at: http://www.mightypipes.com.)

Enjoy this excerpt from Ken's song:  "How many Presidents Can You Name?" (877K, MP3). Besides writing the song, the multi-talented Ken plays the QChord, as well as performing most of the vocal parts.

QChord Sound Clips

Strumplate

The QChord is equipped with a unique feature called a strumplate.  The strumplate automatically plays notes from four octaves in perfect harmony with the chords you're playing.  You can select from 100 different voices just by pressing a button.   

The strumplate responds instantly to the touch of your thumb or fingers; you can achieve all sorts of different effects by tapping, stroking, patting, and strumming.  Here's just a small sampling of sound clips.

Click these WAV files to play with "WinAmp" and other compatible players:

Rhythm

These are sound clips of the 10 on-board rhythms built in to the QChord. You can enhance each basic rhythm pattern with three variations, the Introduction, the Fill, and the Ending, just by pressing a button.

The samples below are the Introduction and the Ending patterns for each rhythm.  This will give you a good idea what the rhythm patterns sound like with some basic chord changes.

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In addition to these 10 built-in rhythms, you can add more Rhythms by plugging in the optional Rhythm Cartridges (QRC-1 & QRC-2).