 A 10 string Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. He set out to create an instrument designed for the "Free Hands" tapping method of both hands parallel to the frets that he invented in 1969. The first production model of the Stick was shipped in 1974. Image File history File linksMetadata 10_string_Chapman_Stick. ...
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A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ...
Emmett Chapman is the inventor of the Chapman Stick, maker of Chapman Stick instruments, and a jazz musician, recording and performing beginning in the late 1960s. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
Free Hands is the name of Emmett Chapmans two-handed tapping method of parallel hands used on his Chapman Stick instrument, and on several other Stick-inspired instruments. ...
This article is about the music technique. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
Description Superficially, a Stick looks like a wide version of the fretboard of an electric guitar, with 8, 10 or 12 strings. It is considerably longer and wider than a guitar fretboard, however. Unlike the electric guitar, it is usually played by tapping or fretting the strings, rather than plucking them. Instead of one hand fretting and the other hand plucking, both hands sound notes by striking the strings against the fingerboard just behind the appropriate frets for the desired notes. For this reason, it can sound many more notes at once than most other stringed instruments, making it more comparable to a keyboard instrument than to other stringed instruments. This arrangement lends itself to playing multiple lines at once and many Stick players have mastered performing bass, chords and melody lines simultaneously. An electric guitar An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ...
The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ...
Hammer-on is a stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the fingerboard behind a fret, causing a note to sound. ...
Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...
Typically, the Chapman Stick is held via a belt-hook, and a shoulder strap. The instrument settles into a position approx. 30 to 40 degrees from vertical, which allows both hands to naturally and comfortably address the fretboard. (Compared to a typically held guitar, where the fretboard is more or less horizontal to the ground.)
Construction Over the years, Chapman Sticks have been made out of many materials. The first ones were made from super hardwoods, most from ironwood, but some from ebony and other exotic woods, through the early 1980s. The next group, chronologically, were made from an injection-molded polycarbonate resin through the early 1990s. Today, they are made from many hardwoods (including padauk, Indian rosewood, tarara, maple and mahogany),other organic materials like bamboo, as well as graphite epoxy and other even more high-tech composites. Ironwood may refer to the following: Any particular wood that has a reputation for hardness. ...
For other uses, see Ebony (disambiguation). ...
The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
Polycarbonates are a particular group of thermoplastic polyesters. ...
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Species Including: (Andaman Padouk) (Narra) (Muninga) (Burmese rosewood) (African Padouk) (Red Sandelwood) Padauk (or padouk) is an Indonesian collective name for a group of fragrant timbers and trees from the genus Pterocarpus, found in the tropics of Southeast Asia, South America and Africa, Padouks are valued for their decorative toughness...
Rosewood refers to a number of richly hued timbers, brownish with darker veining. ...
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Graphite-reinforced plastic or carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP or CRP), is a strong, light and very expensive composite material or fibre reinforced plastic. ...
In contrast to the guitar or bass, the Stick is set up with very little relief in the fretboard, i.e. it is very flat, compared to a guitar, which has a slight bow (called 'relief'). Combined with a long scale length, somewhat elevated frets, very low string action, and very sensitive pickups, this setup is particularly advantageous to the tapping style of play.
Tuning The tuning options on the Stick are as wide as the player's whim, however the 'standard tuning' consists of 5 bass strings (6 on the Grand Stick models), tuned upwards in 5ths, with the low string in the middle of the fretboard, and 5 melody strings (6 on Grand Stick), tuned upwards in 4ths, again with the low string in the middle of the fretboard. Tuning configurations may change depending on the player's style; a player playing as a lead instrument will choose an overall higher pitch tuning, with more separation between the melody and bass courses; a player who is playing chordally across the whole instrument will choose a closer relationship between the bass and melody sides, tuned to lower pitch (called "Matched Reciprocal" tuning).
The stringing/tuning configuration of the Chapman Stick is advantageous to the player who wishes to play large, fully-voiced chords with close inner note relationships. In contrast to a standard guitar, where one tends to "run out of options" within a particular fingering, the Stick tuning results in up to 4 or even 5 octaves of note choices, under a single fretting position.
The standard tuning shows another advantage as well: The harmonic scale structures typical to western music form very stable, geometric, and "finger-able" patterns, which remain consistent across the whole instrument, facilitating transposition, and also making the instrument easier to learn than is immediately apparent. Also, the bass/melody division allows for microtonal tunings, which open the instrument up to many eastern musics.
Electronics The Stick is available stock with passive or active pickups. At one time, piezo bridge pickups were also available. A MIDI pickup is available, enabling the instrument as a midi controller. The hammer-on style of playing produces a rising waveform transient that is very easy for most midi convertors to track.
Standard output is 2 channel, through a TRS 1/4" connector, with bass and melody courses output separately. Separate volume controls for bass and melody.
The Stick can be plugged into any standard guitar or bass amplifier, to good effect. However, because of the very high impedance of the pickups, an instrument preamp is often employed by advanced players.
Models Currently there are six different models of the Chapman Stick. Some string configurations are mentioned below, but current production models offer any tuning within physical limitations of stringing: - The Stick (10 strings, 5 melody + 5 bass)
- Grand Stick (12 strings, 6 melody + 6 bass)
- Stick Bass (SB8) (8 strings, 4 melody + 4 bass or an undivided bass guitar-like tuning)
- NS/Stick (8 strings set up for plucking, strumming, or tapping; co-invented by Chapman & Ned Steinberger) 34" scale
- Stick XG (a variation on traditional Stick construction, made from structural graphite, continuous strand carbon fiber )
- Alto Stick (10 strings, 5 melody + 5 bass, with shorter scale length for a more guitar-like range)
Currently The Stick, Grand Stick and Stick Bass are 36"-scale, but the older production models were 34" scale. The NS/Stick is an 8 string tapping instrument designed by Emmett Chapman and Ned Steinberger. ...
Ned Steinberger is a creator of innovative musical instruments and is most notable for his design of guitars and basses without a traditional headstock. ...
For other uses, see Graphite (disambiguation). ...
Carbon fiber composite is a strong, light and very expensive material. ...
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Stick Enterprises has also manufactured some custom and limited-run instruments:
- The Acoustick – an acoustic version of the Chapman Stick made for Bob Culbertson
- A 10-string Grand Stick – the wider fretboard of the Grand with only 10 strings.
- StickXBL – A prototype Stick with body construction by BassLab using a hollow "tunable composite" material. Only a small number of these prototypes exist.
Bob Culbertson is an influential Chapman Stick player. ...
Famous users of the Chapman Stick Chapman Sticks have been used on many popular music recordings to play various parts, bass, lead and chords and textures. Popular artists who have used the Chapman Stick on their recordings and live performances include: Ex-Weather Report bassist Alphonso Johnson was among the first musicians to introduce the Chapman Stick to the public. Nick Beggs (born December 15, 1961) has pursued his own musical career since Kaja (post Kajagoogoo) split up. ...
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Emmett Chapman is the inventor of the Chapman Stick, maker of Chapman Stick instruments, and a jazz musician, recording and performing beginning in the late 1960s. ...
In the decade of the 90s appeared the first concertists and Stick solo recordings, and Guillermo Cides was one of the most active performers with his albums «El mundo interior de los planetas», «Primitivo» and the brilliant «The Bach Tribute», completely played with the Stick. ...
Bob Culbertson is an influential Chapman Stick player. ...
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Greg Howard Greg Howard is a Chapman Stick player from Charlottesville, Virginia. ...
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Don Schiff (born November 9, 1955) is a bass guitar, Chapman Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar player on recordings, TV, and film sessions. ...
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For the song Weather Report by The American Analog Set, see The Golden Band. ...
Alphonso Johnson (born 1951 in Philadelphia, PA) is a jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s. ...
Recordings that have been influential on many Stick players, because the Stick plays such a prominent role, include the 1981 King Crimson album Discipline (played by Tony Levin) and Emmett Chapman's 1985 album Parallel Galaxy. Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
Discipline is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. ...
Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an influential American bass player. ...
See also: other events of 1985 Musical groups established in 1985 Record labels established in 1985 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny...
Parallel Galaxy is the first solo album recorded by Emmett Chapman, playing Chapman Stick, and it was released in 1985. ...
The Chapman Stick also made a (slightly disguised) appearance in David Lynch's film, Dune as Gurney Halleck's baliset, though the scene where Gurney actually plays the instrument was removed from the theatrical version and can only be seen in the various extended versions of the film. The piece being played in the scene is from Emmett Chapman's album Parallel Galaxy. For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ...
Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. ...
Gurney Halleck is a fictional soldier in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...
Sandworm from the cover of Heretics of Dune. ...
Wayne Lytle, creator of Animusic, commented that on his piece "Stick Figures", he had the inspiration for the bass guitar character from the Chapman Stick. A still from Pogo Sticks, one of the animations from Animusic 2 Animusic is an American company specializing in the 3D visualization of MIDI-based music. ...
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