Stickology: A Guide TO Playing The Chapman Stick
About the Author ................................................................... 2
A Note from the Author ......................................................... 3
Introduction ........................................................................... 4
Emmett Speaks (A Word from Emmett Chapman) .......................... 5
Notation Explanation ........................................................... 10
Tuning and Geometry .......................................................... 11
Did Something Say “Inlays”? .............................................. 14
The Umbilical Chord ........................................................... 17
Techniques ........................................................................... 18
Getting in Shape .................................................................. 20
Harmony .............................................................................. 22
Bass Applications ................................................................ 23
More Bass Applications ....................................................... 24
Two-Handed Bass ................................................................ 25
Bass Seventh Chords (Bass Side) ........................................ 26
Other Left-Hand (Bass) Varieties ........................................ 27
The Generic Ninth (Bass) .................................................... 27
Bass Lines (The Compass Bass System) ............................. 28
More Two-Handed Bass Ideas ............................................. 31
Treble Side of the Stick ....................................................... 34
Right-Hand Triads ............................................................... 35
Polychords ........................................................................... 37
Chemistry for Extended Chords .......................................... 40
The Augmented Triad .......................................................... 42
The Diminished Triad .......................................................... 42
Scales and Modes ................................................................ 43
Arpeggios............................................................................. 48
Treble Arpeggio Applications .............................................. 50
Polychordal Arpeggios ........................................................ 50
Treble Intervals .................................................................... 52
Expressive Techniques ......................................................... 54
Unique Stick Techniques ..................................................... 55
Music Theory ....................................................................... 59
Intervals .......................................................................... 59
Inverse Intervals (Crucial for the Stick) ......................... 60
Intervals Larger than an Octave ...................................... 60
Scales .............................................................................. 61
Major Scale Formula ...................................................... 61
Natural or Pure Minor Scales ......................................... 63
Parallels .......................................................................... 63
The Harmonic Minor Scale ............................................ 63
The Melodic Minor Scale ............................................... 64
Modes ............................................................................. 64
Chords ............................................................................. 66
Other Triads .................................................................... 67
Seventh Chords ............................................................... 67
Sixth Chords ................................................................... 68
Extensions ....................................................................... 68
Alterations ....................................................................... 68
Diatonic Chords .............................................................. 68
Diatonic Seventh Chords ................................................ 69
Keys ................................................................................ 69
“Tap Dance” ........................................................................ 70