1/26/02: Please contact me if you'd like to hear the MP3s. I've taken them down due to space restraints.

This collection of .mp3s are for people who would like to listen to the samples through their web browser instead of downloading them. Simply click on the link to the sample, you will not need to right-click (PC) or option-click (Mac) to hear them.

The snippet of the fourth movement of the Ninth Symphony composed by Beethoven that I based my harmonies around.

A basic harmony different than what Beethoven had written

A more complex harmony played on the mandolin

A harmony which utilized various effects pedals to create an "underwater" kind of sound

A harmony of sorts which consists of a sole note played repeatedly

A harmony exemplifying how a major scale can be tucked into the melody

An odd-to-Western-music-standards harmony consisting of the melody played simultaneously with the major third above it

Another un-Western-music harmony consisting of the melody played simultaneously with the perfect fourth below it

My attempt to play a harmony with tinges of bluegrass and country

A harmony using screaming distortion effects along with a Jimi Hendrix-esque solo ending

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