The Stick Book

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The Stick Book is a method book for the Stick written by Greg Howard. The book provides instruction and exercises ranging from how to hold and play the instument to advanced playing techniques. The book uses standard music notation with some useful additions to instruct the student which string at which fret should be played with which finger. A notation primer written by Steve Adelson is included at the end of the book.

A companion audio CD set is also available which has Greg playing all of the exercises in the book.

Available for:

• 10-string Baritone Melody tuning (1997)
• 10 and 12-string Matched Reciprocal tuning (2004)
• 10 and 12-string Classic tuning (2004)

Table of contents

1. Playing Position and Tuning
2. Rudiments for the Left and Right Hands
3. Chords in the Bass and Bass Lines
4. Chords in the Melody
5. Independence
6. Scales, Modes and Melodies
7. Interdependence
8. Two-Handed Bass
9. Expression

External links

Stick Enterprises - The Stick Book, Volume I