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Omnichord

Index Omnichord

The Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument introduced in 1981 by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. [1]

102 relations: Arcade Fire, Autoharp, Blake Harnage, Boz Boorer, Brad Roberts, Brian Eno, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Cortney Tidwell, Crash Test Dummies, Damon Albarn, Daniel Lanois, Dave Knudson (guitarist), David Bowie, Devo, Dixie Chicks, Dntel, Donald Ross Skinner, Duran Duran, Ed Droste, Electric guitar, Electronic musical instrument, Emmelie de Forest, Eurythmics, Flight of the Conchords, Forrest Kline, Foster the People, Gorillaz, Gregory Page (musician), Grizzly Bear (band), Guitar pick, Hellogoodbye, In for the Kill (song), Isabella Summers, James (band), Jemaine Clement, Jim James, John Mayer, Joni Mitchell, Julian Cope, Kasabian, Keytar, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Kitsch, La Roux, List of Survivor (U.S. TV series) contestants, Major chord, Manic Street Preachers, Marina and the Diamonds, Mark Mothersbaugh, Matt Mahaffey, ..., Matthew Murphy, MIDI, Midnight Oil, Minor chord, Minus the Bear, Musical instrument, My Morning Jacket, Natalie Maines, Neon Bible, Nick Rhodes, Nicky Wire, Oh Land, Parquet Courts, Passenger (singer), Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Placebo (band), Rebecca Sugar, Rhythm, Richard Lomax, Rob Hirst, Robbie Robertson, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Rune Brøndbo, Sean Lennon, Self (band), Serge Pizzorno, Seventh chord, Sharon Van Etten, Simon Jeffes, Stefan Olsdal, Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation, Team Me, Tempo, The Concert for New York City, The Magnetic Fields, The Pierces, The Soup Dragons, The Stooges, The Wombats, Theoretical Girl, Tim Booth, Timbre, Tiny Tim (musician), Toby Dammit, Tord Øverland Knudsen, Tracey Thorn, Tronichord, Vanessa Carlton, Versa (band), Vibrato, Woodpecker Wooliams, Zeena Parkins. Expand index (52 more) »

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Win's younger brother William Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara.

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Autoharp

The Autoharp is a musical instrument in the chorded zither family.

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Blake Harnage

Blake Preston Harnage (born November 26, 1988) is an American songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer.

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Boz Boorer

Martin James "Boz" Boorer (born 19 May 1962 in Edgware, Middlesex, England) is an English guitarist and producer most known for his work founding the new wave rockabilly group, The Polecats, and later for his work as a co-writer, guitarist and musical director with Morrissey for which he is principally known today.

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Brad Roberts

Bradley Kenneth "Brad" Roberts (born January 10, 1964) is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, RDI (born Brian Peter George Eno; 15 May 1948) is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist.

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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) was the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth (born April 22, 1977) of Redwood City, California.

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Cortney Tidwell

Cortney Tidwell is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Crash Test Dummies

The Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn (born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer.

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Daniel Lanois

Daniel Roland Lanois (born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

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Dave Knudson (guitarist)

Dave Knudson (born October 13, 1976) plays guitar with Seattle based indie band Minus the Bear, and was previously the guitarist for mathcore band Botch.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Devo

Devo (originally) is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio formed in 1973.

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Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country music band which has also crossed over into other genres, including pop and alternative country.

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Dntel

James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello also known by his stage name Dntel, is an American electronic music artist and DJ.

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Donald Ross Skinner

Donald Skinner is a guitarist, songwriter and producer primarily known for his work with Julian Cope.

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Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978.

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Ed Droste

Edward Droste (born October 22, 1978) is an original member of the Brooklyn-based indie-rock group Grizzly Bear.

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Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals.

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Electronic musical instrument

An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.

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Emmelie de Forest

Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (born 28 February 1993) is a Danish singer and songwriter.

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Eurythmics

Eurythmics were a British music duo consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.

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Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand-based comedy duo composed of musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.

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Forrest Kline

Forrest Scott Kline (born November 7, 1983, in Ashland, Oregon) is an American musician, songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist.

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Foster the People

Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009.

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Gorillaz

Gorillaz are a British virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett.

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Gregory Page (musician)

Gregory Page (born April 28, 1963) is an American and Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist, cabaret artist, record producer and filmmaker.

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Grizzly Bear (band)

Grizzly Bear is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002.

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Guitar pick

A guitar pick (American English) is a plectrum used for guitars.

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Hellogoodbye

Hellogoodbye (sometimes styled as hellogoodbye) is a pop rock band that was formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline.

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In for the Kill (song)

"In for the Kill" is a song by English synthpop duo La Roux from their eponymous debut album (2009).

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Isabella Summers

Isabella Janet Florentina Summers (born 31 October 1980) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, producer, remixer and member of English indie rock band Florence and the Machine.

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James (band)

James are an English rock band from Manchester, which was formed in 1982 and enjoyed popularity throughout the 1990s.

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Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand singer, comedian, musician, actor, voice actor, director, and writer.

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Jim James

James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket.

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John Mayer

John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.

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Joni Mitchell

Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

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Julian Cope

Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator. Originally coming to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes, he has followed a solo career since 1983 and worked on musical side projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor and Black Sheep. Cope is also an author on Neolithic culture, publishing The Modern Antiquarian in 1998, and an outspoken political and cultural activist with a noted and public interest in occultism and paganism. He has written two volumes of autobiography; Head-On (1994) and Repossessed (1999); two volumes of archaeology; The Modern Antiquarian (1998) and The Megalithic European (2004); and three volumes of musicology; Krautrocksampler (1995), Japrocksampler (2007); and Copendium: A Guide to the Musical Underground (2012).

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Kasabian

Kasabian are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997.

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Keytar

The keytar is a relatively lightweight electronic keyboard (with or without a built-in synthesizer) that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is supported by a strap.

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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian psychedelic rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Kitsch

Kitsch (loanword from German), also called cheesiness or tackiness, is art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes.

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La Roux

La Roux is an English synth-pop act formed in 2006 by singer Eleanor "Elly" Jackson and record producer Ben Langmaid.

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List of Survivor (U.S. TV series) contestants

Survivor is an American reality television show, based on the Swedish program, Expedition Robinson.

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Major chord

In music theory, a major chord is a chord that has a root note, a major third above this root, and a perfect fifth above this root note.

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Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh rock band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Caerphilly and consisting of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes).

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Marina and the Diamonds

Marina Lambrini Diamandis (born 10 October 1985), known professionally as Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and songwriter.

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Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, author and visual artist.

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Matt Mahaffey

Matthew Mahaffey (born June 9, 1973) is an American multi-instrumentalist, multi-platinum record producer, Emmy Award and Annie Award nominated composer, best known for his band Self.

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Matthew Murphy

Matthew "Murph" Edward Murphy (born 23 July 1984) is an English musician, best known as lead vocalist and guitarist of The Wombats.

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MIDI

MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related music and audio devices.

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Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard), Martin Rotsey (guitar) and Bones Hillman (bass guitar).

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Minor chord

In music theory, a minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth.

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Minus the Bear

Minus the Bear is an American indie rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2001, and comprising current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie and Sharks Keep Moving.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket is an American rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998.

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Natalie Maines

Natalie Louise Maines.

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Neon Bible

Neon Bible is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire.

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Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates; 8 June 1962) is an English musician, singer and producer, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the new wave band Duran Duran.

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Nicky Wire

Nicholas Allen Jones (born 20 January 1969), known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers.

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Oh Land

Nanna Øland Fabricius (born 2 May 1985), better known by her stage name Oh Land, is a Danish musician, singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer.

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Parquet Courts

Parquet Courts, also known as Parkay Quarts, is an American rock band from Denton, Texas, currently residing in New York City, New York.

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Passenger (singer)

Michael David Rosenberg (born 17 May 1984), better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English singer-songwriter and musician.

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes.

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Placebo (band)

Placebo are an alternative rock band, formed in London, England in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal.

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Rebecca Sugar

Rebecca Sugar (born July 9, 1987) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and songwriter.

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Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".

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Richard Lomax

Richard G. Lomax (born September 30, 1954) is a tenured professor of education at the School of Educational Policy and Leadership and the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University.

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Rob Hirst

Robert George "Rob" Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales.

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Robbie Robertson

Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician, songwriter, film composer, producer, actor, and author.

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Roger Joseph Manning Jr.

Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (born May 27, 1966) is an American power pop and electronic rock musician, singer and songwriter.

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Rune Brøndbo

Rune "Sternklang" Brøndbo (born 2 March 1968 in Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, guitar) and composer, known for recording with various notable bands including Wibutee and Sternklang.

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Sean Lennon

is an American singer, songwriter and actor.

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Self (band)

Self (stylized as sElf or SeLF) is an American alternative pop/rock band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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Serge Pizzorno

Sergio Lorenzo "Serge" Pizzorno (born 15 December 1980) is a British guitarist, vocalist, music producer and songwriter, best known for his work with the rock band Kasabian.

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Seventh chord

A seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root.

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Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and actress from New Jersey.

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Simon Jeffes

Simon Harry Piers Jeffes (19 February 1949 – 11 December 1997) was an English classically trained guitarist, composer and arranger.

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Stefan Olsdal

Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal (born 31 March 1974) is the bassist/guitarist of the alternative rock band Placebo and is part of the electronic band Digital 21 + Stefan Olsdal.

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Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation

The is a Japanese company that produces a range of musical instruments.

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Team Me

Team Me is an indie pop band from Norway.

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo ("time" in Italian; plural: tempi) is the speed or pace of a given piece.

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The Concert for New York City

The Concert for New York City was a benefit concert, featuring many famous musicians, that took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York City in response to the September 11 attacks.

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The Magnetic Fields

The Magnetic Fields (named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel Les Champs Magnétiques) is an American band founded and led by Stephin Merritt.

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The Pierces

The Pierces are a Los Angeles-based band consisting of sisters Allison and Catherine Pierce.

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The Soup Dragons

The Soup Dragons were a Scottish alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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The Stooges

The Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander.

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The Wombats

The Wombats are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003.

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Theoretical Girl

Theoretical Girl (Amy Turnnidge) is a female songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Southend on Sea signed to the Memphis Industries record label.

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Tim Booth

Timothy John Booth (born 4 February 1960) is an English singer, dancer and actor best known as the lead singer from the band James.

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Timbre

In music, timbre (also known as tone color or tone quality from psychoacoustics) is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone.

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Tiny Tim (musician)

Herbert Buckingham Khaury (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer, most of the time ukulele player, and musical archivist.

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Toby Dammit

Toby Dammit (born Lawrence Edward Crooke, December 13, 1966, Knoxville, Tennessee), is an American producer, composer and percussionist.

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Tord Øverland Knudsen

Tord Øverland Knudsen (born 24 July 1982) is a Norwegian musician living in England, best known as bassist, keyboard, and backup vocalist for The Wombats.

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Tracey Thorn

Tracey Anne Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is an English singer, songwriter and writer.

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Tronichord

The Tronichord, also known as the Portachord, is a rare electronic musical instrument manufactured by Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation of Japan in 1981-1985.

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Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.

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Versa (band)

Versa (stylized as VERSA) was an American rock duo formed in Port St.

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Vibrato

Vibrato (Italian, from past participle of "vibrare", to vibrate) is a musical effect consisting of a regular, pulsating change of pitch.

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Woodpecker Wooliams

Woodpecker Wooliams was the musical moniker of Brighton, England, United Kingdom based musician Gemma Williams.

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Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins is an American harpist active in free improvisation and jazz.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnichord

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