blob: 82bce88b0259a2f6f27f8cb82850ef7bc5770b0d (
about) (
plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
|
(post
:title "The Chapman Stick®"
:date (string->date* "2009-07-01 00:00")
:tags '("music" "chapman stick")
(p [The ,(ref "http://stick.com" [Chapman Stick]) is a stringed
instrument invented quite some time ago by ,(ref
"http://www.emmettchapman.net" [Emmett Chapman]). It is a
blank slate equipped with a grid-like touchboard, two groups of
stings and a powerful pickup allowing the player to tap notes
rather than requiring fretting and strumming.])
(figure "stick.jpg" "Grand Stick after arrival in Shanghai")
(p [I usually describe the Stick as being a guitar and a bass
unified on one fretboard, though I think that it is much more
than that. It rather combines the advantages of a piano over a
traditionally stringed instument—such as tonal range—with the
advantages of the fretted instruments, i.e. direct fine control
over the sound through plain fingers on strings. More than
that, it even expands on these concepts and brings a number of
,(ref "http://stick.com/instruments/tunings/12/classic_66"
[improvements and innovations]).])
(p [Check out the ,(ref "http://stick.com" [official website]) to
read more about what sets apart the Stick from other tapping
instruments.])
(p [There’s a documentary about Emmett and the Stick story in the
make. You can ,(ref "http://www.chapdoc.com/trailer.html" [see
the trailer here]).])
(p [I’ve received my first Stick—a 12-stringed Grand—in July 2009
and have just placed my order for an Alto Stick made from
Indonesian Rosewood.]))
|
