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"Mobius Song Archive"

Illustrative songs of the 'Touch-Style' method of playing music.

These recordings are available in Real Audio and MP3 formats. They use various Mobius instruments, so that you can hear instruments in a musical context. Some recordings are songs printed in the 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics' method book. Some are from soundclips used in lessons found in the MegaTapper Newsletter.

"Sailing Away" -- Real Audio, Medium Fidelity, 1.62 MB

"Sailing Away" -- MP3, CD Quality, 2.50 MB

From 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics,' the chords in this song go around the Circle of Fifths, and consist of minor seven, seventh, and Major Seventh chords in repeating II-V-I patterns.

Recording Information: This song was recorded in one pass using the MidiTapper Twin** tuned Bi-Melody, with the left hand playing the magnetic pickup through the the J-Station 'Modern Bass' patch *(patch 41) and also triggering the GR33 'Romantic Pad' patch *(patch A-31), and with the right hand playing through the VG88 'Dark Jazz' patch *(patch 23-3).

"Flammy Tammy Moo" -- Real Audio, Medium Fidelity, .93 MB

"Flammy Tammy Moo" -- MP3, CD Quality, 1.43 MB

From 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics,' the chords in this song are similar to 'Fly Me to the Moon.'

Recording Information: The song was recorded in two passes. On the first pass, a bossa bass and bossa rhythm were recorded using a TrueTapper Eclipse** tuned in Inverted Fifths, with the left hand playing bass through the J-Station 'Grindy SVT' patch *(patch 91), and the right hand playing bossa rhythm chords through the J-Station 'HiWatt with Delay' patch *(patch 32).

On the second pass, dual melody was played using a MidiTapper Twin** tuned Bi-Melody, with the left hand playing melody by triggering the GR33 'Fretless Bass' patch *(patch A-32), and the right hand playing melody through the VG88 'Bell Mix' patch *(patch 23-4)

"Mood Reaver" -- Real Audio, Medium Fidelity, .90 MB

"Mood Reaver"-- MP3, CD Quality, 1.39 MB

From 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics,' the chords in this song are similar to 'Moon River.'

Recording Information: The song was recorded in one pass, using a TrueTapper Eclipse** tuned Bi-Melody, with the left hand playing arpeggiated chords through the J-Station 'Modern Bass' patch *(patch 41), and the right hand playing melody through the J-Station 'Bluesy Delay' patch *(patch 61).

"CircumNavigation" -- Real Audio, Medium Fidelity, 1.35 MB

"CircumNavigation" -- MP3, CD Quality, 2.08 MB

From 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics,' the chords in this song consist only of Major Seventh chords, and go around the Circle of Fifths, hitting every Major Seventh chord along the way.

Recording Information: The song was recorded in one pass, using a MidiTapper Twin** tuned Bi-Melody. The left hand is playing both the magnetic pickup through the J-Station 'Modern Bass' patch *(patch 41) and also the left hand is also triggering the GR33 'Romantic Pad' patch *(patch A-31). The right hand is playing the VG88 'Echo Pad' patch *(patch 2-4).

"Your Awful Knees" -- Real Audio, Medium Fidelity, .99 MB

"Your Awful Knees" -- MP3, CD Quality, 1.53 MB

From 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics', the chords in this song are similar to 'Autumn Leaves'.

Recording Information: Song recorded in two passes. On the first pass, the bass and some 'hits' were recorded using the MidiTapper Twin** tuned Bi-Melody, with the left hand playing bass by triggering the GR33 'Acoustic Bass' *(patch 5-1) and right hand playing high-pitched 'hits' through VG88 'Harmonized 12-String' *(patch 11-4).

On the second pass, comped chords and the melody were recorded using a MaxTapper Quad** tuned Bi-Melody, with the left hand playing comped chords through J-Station 'Modern Bass' patch *(patch 51) and right hand playing melody through J-Station 'Bluesy Delay' patch *(patch 61).

"My Trusty Yurt" -- Real Audio, Medium Fidelity, 1.10 MB

"My Trusty Yurt" -- MP3, CD Quality, 1.69 MB

From 'Easy Touch-Style Bassics,' the chords in this song are similar to 'Only Trust Your Heart.'

Recording Information: This song was recorded in one pass, using a MaxTapper Quad** tuned Bi-Melody, with the left hand playing arpeggiated chords through the J-Station 'Modern Bass' patch *(patch 41), and the right hand playing melody through the J-Station 'Mike's Tone' patch *(patch 51).

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Footnotes

* (Patch Numbers). All patch numbers specified are those in effect in 2001. The J-Station is a trademark of and manufactured by Johnson Amplification. The J-Station is a modelling pre-amp which emulates various bass and guitar amplifiers. The GR33 and VG88 are trademarks of and manufactured by Roland Corporation. The GR33 is a guitar synthesizer with many enhanced features that translate guitar expression into synthesizer expression. The VG88 is a 'guitar system' which uses the guitar's special hex pickup to emulate various guitar and amplifier combinations as well as some synthesizer-like effects.

** Instrument Models. Mobius instrument model designations specified are those in effect as of December 2001. The TrueTapper Eclipse is a standard 12-string instrument with two 'dual-rail' pickups. The MaxTapper Quad is a dark wood instrument fitted with four Bartolini pickups. The ToneWeaver is a fanned-fret instrument fitted with four Bartolini pickups. The MidiTapper Twin is a special instrument with two 'dual-rail' magnetic pickups (identical to the TrueTapper Eclipse model) and also two Mobius Photon-Midi light-sensing midi pickups for driving synthesizers such as the Roland GR33 or the Roland V-Guitar system.

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