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| How to learn the Stick |
Even though there are no Stick classes in music colleges or conservatories yet, that does not mean that there are no sources for studying how to play the Stick. Here are some that I highly recommend: |
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Stick Instructional Materials |
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Video lessons by Bob Culbertson: three VHS tapes by levels - beginners, intermediate and advanced. Studying with Bob's video tapes is a lot of fun! You will feel like you are really sitting in the classroom together with Bob, taking a private lesson from him. The lessons are very well organized by topics. Bob explains the material with a lot of patience and illustrates it perfectly by playing the Stick together with a drum player. The VHS's can be ordered at the Stick Enterprises http://www.stick.com/instruction/videos/lessonsonstick/
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Free Hands by the Stick inventor Emmett Chapman - a book of chords, scales, Stick techniques and songs arrangements for the Stick of Classic tuning. The Bible of the Stick players! You can order the book and see a sample page on the Stick Enterprices Website http://www.stick.com/instruction/books/freehands/ |
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Stick Book Volume 1 by Greg Howard with the audio CD. An excellent book for Baritone Melody, Matched Reciprocal and Classic tuning. Can be ordered at the Stick Enterprises http://www.stick.com/instruction/books/stickbook/ |
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The Sticktionary by Chris Crain: chord diagram book for all types of Sticks with the melody side tuned in 4th and the bass side tuned in inverted 5th. Can be ordered at Stick Enterprises http://www.stick.com/instruction/books/sticktionary/ You can also see pages and extracts from the Sticktionary on Chris Crain's Website http://www.chriscrain.com/ |
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Exercises of Virtuosity for the Chapman Stick and classical pieces transcriptions for the Chapman Stick by Andre Pelat. You can order the materials on Andre Pelat's Website http://www.andrepelat.com/ Click the link Products. |
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Online Resources |
Online Stick lessons and tips by Bob Culbertson
Hand positions and exercises for the Stick by Ron Baggerman Click the link Lessons.
The Big Book of Polychords by Chris Crain (downloadable pdf file) Click the link Books.
Hand positions, chord diagrams, scales, exercises and Stick pieces by Thierry Carpentier
Exercises and partitions for the Stick of Tap-Mag (in French)
Peter Kienle's exercises on hands independence
Peter Kienle's arrangements for the Chapman Stick
Triads for the Stick for beginners by Jose Albarracin (In Spanish) Click the link Iniciacion a las triadas del Stick
Setup, technique and exercises by Virginia Splendore (In Italian)
Lessons and song partitions at String.is.it
(multinlingual)
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Stick Seminars |
You can learn a lot of things from other Stick players at Stick seminars. Stick seminars are regularly organized in the United States, Canada, and Europe. People who don't have a Stick yet are also welcome at such seminars. If Stick seminars do not take place in your area, you can take initiative and organize one by yourself. Here is the list of the upcoming Stick seminars:
24-26 February, 2006
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Introductory Classes |
If you live in or travel to Spain, Argentina or Mexico, you can join the introductory Stick classes for non-stickists offered by the Stick Center. The classes are held in:
Escuela de Mתsica 3ET
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mexico City, Mexico
For more information about the classes and enrollment, email at the Stick Center: stickcenter@hotmail.com
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Private Lessons |
Some of the great Stick masters and authors of the instructional materials listed above offer private instruction. Here are the contact details of some of them:
Bob Culbertson (San Jose, California, USA)
Chris Crain (Jasper, Indiana, USA)
Tom Griesgraber (San Diego, California, USA)
Ron Baggerman (Gouda, the Netherlands)
Jim Lampi (London, England)
Steve Adelson (Long Island, New York, USA)
Virginia Splendore (Rome, Italy)
Jim Reilly (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Directed by Guillermo Cides, the Stick Center of Spain and Argentina offers private lessons on all levels - from beginning to advanced -
Greg Howard (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)
Don Schiff (Northridge,California,USA)
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If you would like to add your instructional materials or private instruction details to the page, please email me at irene@musicbrothersrecords.com |
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