Re: "Stick Piano" model...?
greg wrote:
Just to clarify, are these notes at the x-fret or "open strings" as you wrote.
I really hope you will put some of your work online for others to check out. You are so passionate about this idea, it seems a shame not to see it in action.
I've ordered the first Mikrokosmos book to have on hand as well as some other useful references (the Well-tempered Clavier, and another book called "First Lessons in Bach"). I don't know how much time I'll b able to spend on this, but I'm going to see how hard it is to bring it to 5ths with a high bass 4th as an alternative to the mirrored 4ths... wish me luck!
Greg,
Good luck! I am sure you will make these pieces work.
First Lessons in Bach is an excellent collection.
Performing is not my passion, but rather composing music for guitars without following the usual models. Part of this involves studying music with the Stick substituting for the piano as a study aid.
Playing classical stuff at events and farmers' markets is a fun sideline, but I won't be putting it on YouTube anytime soon. This sort of material requires a very high degree of polish to be seen as more than a novelty. I may eventually perfect these pieces and play them on the concert stage, but then again that's not my main focus--this stuff is homework. It is very well-received, though.
I hope that SE will see that
the-Stick-as-piano-substitute is a proven concept, and consider marketing the SG as such. There are doubtless those who would like to study the traditions of composition and arrangement in a non-traditional way; check out the young composers' forums. There you will see high school kids who've composed pieces for orchestra. What could they do with a Stick...? We won't know unless it is recommended to them in a model proven to be compatible with the grand staff.
(Yes, those are open strings.)
Mad Monk.