The overall approach to teaching the Stick here is focused squarely on the instrument itself.
However, music is an intellectual pursuit and there is a great deal of important material to be learned away from the instrument, in developing one's musical mind.

I propose a new subcategory on the forum, under "Method", called "Theory and Musicianship".
Subtitled, "Reading music--Ear training--Teflon books and resources--School", this would be the place for people who want to be able to use all of the educational resources that can help us develop as musicians.


Mad Monk.

I second that....

I think that's a great idea!

Third. Cool idea.

I've seen this on other forums (piano and jazz manouche guitar)...great idea.

Totally a very good idea. Stick has a wide range like a piano and like Mad Monk says all the time, you should be able to just read music and play on Stick the way people do for a bunch of different instruments (not dissing StickTab or any of those). The Grand Staff is not called "The Piano Staff" after all.

Also as a multi-instrumentalist which almost all of us are (even if you just play Stick, you're playing what would/could be 2 different instruments with "standard" instrumentation-orchestration), and also as a piano player who already slowly reads music, and who is lazy, I'd prefer to not have to learn a different set of sight reading skills just for Stick.

I think any tuning should be able to rock the Bach, as long as you got the notes within some kind of reach. A C major chord can be voiced in many ways surely, but piano doesn't give me those voicing "options" unless I'm just following chord charts. I can use my pinky or my other hand, but it's always going to be that C7 key for a quarter note every time. With Stick, we do have redundant notes and options for chord voicings--I get that.

Sorry, I meant to say "Me, four!" and keep it short. Also, my greatest weakness as a musician, other than sloppy tempo, is my weak ear. I'd love to work on that but not doing covers doesn't help exercise that muscle.

But me 4! Dammit, Alain--okay me 5!

6!


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Someone else suggested having a teacher's corner where people share tips on how to play the stick. I think both ideas would be great and would make for a good topic for the board. After all, how to play the stick + music theory = how to play music on the stick.

+1

It's a good distinction to make.