Quadrachord
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018001822
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2018001822#concept
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- found: Work cat.: Dresher, Paul. Chromatic quadrachord, 2001:preliminary page (Quadrachord; 15-foot long instrument invented by Paul Dresher and Daniel Schmidt, with 4 strings that can be plucked or bowed)
- found: Paul Dresher Ensemble WWW site, June 27, 2018:Works; Invented musical instruments (The quadrachord; "With four strings over 13 feet long, each with two bridges that each have an electric bass pickup adjacent to each bridge, the Quadrachord can be plucked like a guitar, bowed like cello, played like a slide guitar, prepared like a piano, and hammered on like a percussion instrument. With its extremely long strings, it can play harmonics up to the 36th partial and above and thus offers unique opportunities to explore alternative tuning systems based on the harmonic series")
- found: New Sounds WWW site, June 27, 2018("the Quadrachord, a zither-like instrument with four 160-inch-long strings")
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Change Notes
- 2018-07-05: new
- 2019-01-24: revised
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