Hi all,
I finally published the Stickmethod book I wrote & used on the German Seminar in 2002 and parts of it on other seminars . I also added the excercises as mp3s. It's available as an E-book (PDFs & embedded MP3s) on a CDr plus an audio CD as an option.
Check it out in my Catalog/Webshop Galaxy Gypsy under "Instruction".
Scroll further down for some demo's in Staff, Tab & Mp3s
For now it's only for 10/12 Stick in classic/tuning. Other tunings will follow later.
For the ones who went to this 2002 European Stick Seminar in Germany and have got most of this book already it might be interesting to just order the E-book CDrom. On it you'll find the entire book in PDF & embedded MP3s.
I have plenty more lessons which I'm in the process of editing the coming months. So be prepared for more shameless plugging of my material:)
Index Page (pdf)
Page 4: Staff & Tab (pdf)
Page 4: Audio (mp3)
Page 12: Staff & Tab (pdf)
Page 12: Audio (mp3)
Page 31: Staff & Tab (pdf)
Page 31: Audio (mp3)
Page 4 - Bar 1
Page 12 - Bar 8
Page 35 - Chord 2a
Page 35 - Chord 2b
Customer Comments:
Stickist Jim Meyer from Canada (picture right)
in an interview on stick.com:
"Ron's booklet is perhaps the most organized thing I've seen handed out at a Stick seminar. It's a whole bunch of single page exercises. Some are two hands on the left side, chords, basic octave things, a variety of technique type exercises where the fingerings are really important. That was really helpful"
(Jim teaches Music Theory and Audio Engineering courses at the Pacific AudioVisual Institute in Vancouver, BC. He also organizes Stickseminars In BC and has attended many seminars all over the world)
Daniel Marcenac alias Arsacane from Belgium:
"I got Ron's book at the last Dutch mini seminar in April 2007 that Ron organized. Very nice. A bunch of exercises, I just looked at the beginning and it is an excellent for motors (a technique where Ron really excels). Definitely recommended."
Devin Boom (Holland):
Your book with excercises is a great help! It contains
everything that a fresh young stickplayer needs :)
I can really recommend this book, to beginners, intermediate and advanced payers. It contains a lot of handy techniques and tricks!
Tim Barrow (USA):
Just wanted to let you know that I'm really diggin this book and CDrom.
They are truly inspirational and will help me in various ways get over some learning curves with the stick :-).
Steinar Brekke (Norway):
Thank you for the E-book. I reallly like your concept, and I think it's great fun to try to follow your exercises here.
Hope that you will continue developing this E-book learning method, since I find it very usefull.
Don Bergland (Canada)
Dear Ron,
As a professional educator, I definitely appreciate the active and dynamic approach your method book takes. I have been working my way through a variety of instructional Stick books. I enjoy the content and the information these offer, but most of them provide a very heavy theoretical approach to Stick playing. I certainly realize the ultimate benefit in this, but your approach actually allows me to begin "playing" the Stick and moving my fingers in an intelligent, meaningful, and "musical" way right from the start.
Thanks
Dr. Don Bergland
Associate Professor
Digital Arts Faculty of Education
University of Victoria - Victoria, BC, Canada
www.Don Bergland.Com
A Review by Karsten Röth in German:
"Ron Baggerman hat vor kurzem ein eigenes Lehrbuch herausgebracht. Es ist über mehrere Jahre entstanden und wer beim Stick Seminar 2002 dabei wahr, hat die Grundsteinlegung der Übungen hautnah mitbekommen.
Das Endprodukt umfasst 41 Seiten voller Übungen zur rechten und linken Hand. Gerade für Einsteiger ist das Buch bestens geeignet, um sich Themen wie Akkordbildung und interdependentes Spiel anzueignen.
Das Lehrwerk ist erhältlich als Buch, Buch mit Hörbeispiel-CD und als E-Book mit mp3-Hörbeispielen."
German Stickist Michael Paffen
"Ron's book a great tool for the aspiring ChapmanStick Player."
Click here for a Review by Michael Paffen in German
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