THE QB IS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

DR. Q IS AVAILABLE AS A CONSULTANT, HIS PRESENT PROJECTS ARE: A SERIES OF DEMO PERFORMING EXAMPLES, A HALF-HOUR QB PRESENTATION VIDEO, A BEGINNING QB METHOD/THEORY BOOK, A PARALLEL QG METHOD BOOK, A ONE HOUR LIVE CONCERT.

QB 9X9 BETA–OFFERS THE MUSICAL KITCHEN SINK–DEVIL’S ADVOCATE

PLUS: MUSIC RANGE: FOUR OCTAVES, MIDDLE C IS THE EXACT CENTER KEY. MOST APPS ALLOW FOR AN OCTAVE HIGHER OR LOWER. THE NEXT MODEL IS PLANNED TO HAVE A 13X13 KEYPAD (six octaves) SIZE, WITH CONTROL STRIP: 8″ X 8″ X .50″. VIA IOS OR BLUETOOTH, THE QB 9X9 BETA IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON AND […]

QB 9X9 BETA–UP AND RUNNING–HOW HIGH THE MOON

ANY VIDEOS YOU’VE SEEN ON QQ HAVE BEEN OF THE QB 8X8 PROTOTYPE (RED KEYS). NOW WE HAVE THE BASIC, 4 OCTAVE LEARNING AND PERFORMING, APP INTERACTIVE QB. I’LL HAVE A PERFORMANCE OF THE QB 9X9 IN RACOON STUDIO IN A WEEK. THE QB 9X9 BETA HAS TOUCH SENSITIVE KEYS AND A MORE PROFESSIONAL SOUND […]

NEW PAGE IN MENU–RACOON STUDIOS–QB AT WORK

ALL OF QQ’S MUSIC VIDEOS WILL NOW START APPEARING ON OUR RACOON STUDIOS PAGE.

RETUNE THAT GUITAR FOR THE 21st CENTURY

STANDARD TUNING TO FOURTH TUNING RAISE THE PITCH OF STRINGS 1 & 2 A HALF-STEP. NOW, PLAY AND OPEN E MAJOR CHORD, E MINOR AND E7–DON’T PLAY (MUTE) ANY STRING THAT DOESN’T FIT THE CHORD. MOVE TO AN A MAJOR CHORD BY JUST MOVING THE E PATTERNS ONE STRING UP AND TO THE D […]

RACOON STUDIOS

MY NEIGHBOR, TIM TOOLES, “GRIZZLY BEAR SHUFFLE”. ONE OF HIS MANY ORIGINALS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdoct_S9Jac

THE PIANO KEYBOARD-AN ANACHRONISM? QB # 2 FEATURES + QSHED ENTRY

THE QB 9 KEY X 9 KEY ACTUAL KEYBOARD MEASURES 7″ X 7″(.75″KEY CENTERS). WITH THE CONTROL STRIP THE QB BETA MODEL MEASURES 8″ X 8″. IT HAS A PLAYABLE RANGE OF 4 OCTAVES. THIS COVERS THE RANGE OF THE HUMAN VOICE-FOR SATB STUDIES- AND MEETS BOTH BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. FUTURE […]

THE PIANO KEYBOARD-AN ANACHRONISM? QB FEATURES # 2 QSHED ENTRY

THE QB KEYBOARD IS PATTERNED AFTER THE QUARTAL GUITAR FINGERBOARD AND REQUIRES ELECTRONIC TONE GENERATION. THE PIANO KEYBOARD IS PATTERNED AFTER THE HORIZONTAL HARP, IT REQUIRES STRINGS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY PRACTICAL SOUND AVAILABLE AT ITS INCEPTION. I’M SURE A SQUARED GRID OF KEYS WAS A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AT THAT TIME, HOWEVER, ANY ACOUSTIC […]

SECOND QSHED DEPOSIT

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AM I THE ONLY GUITARIST IN THE UNIVERSE WHO TUNES HIS GUITAR IN FOURTHS??

AT THE TIME I BEGAN (1963) I FELT A NEED TO GET OUT-OF-THE-BOX. I WAS A FULL TIME TROMBONIST AND BEGINNING CLASSICAL GUITARIST WHO HAD JUST BEEN INTRODUCED TO JAZZ BY WATCHING CHARLIE BIRD, WHO WAS ABLE TO PERFORM IN BOTH GENRES. WITH MEDIOCRE KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC THEORY AND TROMBONE, QUARTAL GUITAR TUNING WAS ONLY […]