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For the single by Mike Oldfield, see Magic Touch (song). Stanley Jordan Born July 31, 1959 (1959-07-31) (age 48) in Chicago, Illinois, United States Genre(s) Jazz Instrument(s) Guitar Website StanleyJordan.com Stanley Jordan (July 31, 1959) is an American jazz/jazz fusion guitarist, best known for his development of the touch technique for playing guitar. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received an A.B. in music from Princeton University in 1981. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music and more recently dance. ... US cover Magic Touch is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1988. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Normally, a guitarist must use two hands to play each note. One hand presses down a guitar string behind a chosen fret to prepare the note, and the other hand either plucks or strums the string to play that note. Jordan's touch technique is an advanced form of two-handed tapping. The guitarist produces a note using only one finger by quickly tapping (or "hammering") his finger down behind the appropriate fret. The force of impact causes the string to vibrate enough to immediately sound the note, and Jordan executes tapping with both hands, and with more legato than is normally associated with guitar tapping. The note's volume can be controlled by varying the force of impact: tapping with greater force produces a louder note. The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ... This article is about the music technique. ... For other uses, see Force (disambiguation). ... In musical notation legato indicates that musical notes are played smoothly. ... It has been suggested that pulse amplitude be merged into this article or section. ... A helpful analogy to visualize this technique is the distinction between a harpsichord and a piano. A harpsichord produces sound by plucking its strings, and a piano produces sound by striking its strings with tiny hammers. However, while notes produced on a harpsichord or piano sustain after the hammer has struck or the pick has plucked, fingers must remain on a tapped note in order for the sound to continue. This similarity is what led Jordan to attempt such a technique in the first place;[citation needed] he was a classically trained pianist before playing guitar and wanted greater freedom in voicing chords on his guitar. Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave. ... While the above analogy may have been Jordan's inspiration to employ a tapping technique, it is not a sound analogy. A piano's hammer leaves the string after hitting it, like a guitarist's pick would normally do. A more helpful analogy would be that of a clavichord; when a clavichord tangent (hammer) hits the string, it remains in contact with the string as long as the key is held, acting as both like a guitar pick (the initiator of the sound) and a finger on a fret (becoming the clavichord's nut). The guitar tapping technique thus is almost identical to the method that clavichords have used for hundreds of years, with the guitarist's finger taking on the role of the tangent. Jordan's two-handed tapping allows the guitarist to play melody and chords simultaneously. It is also possible, as Jordan has demonstrated, to play simultaneously on two different guitars. The technique generally requires a guitar with lower action and lighter-gauge strings. It is very difficult to use on a classical guitar, but possible on a steel string acoustic. The technique is the same as that employed by players of the Chapman Stick which was developed by Emmett Chapman in 1969, and later discovered by Jordan, independently. Large five-octave unfretted clavichord by Paul Maurici, after J.A. Haas The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. ... A tangent, when referred to in the context of the action of a clavichord, refers to the small piece of metal similar in shape and size to the head of a regular (not philips) screwdriver. ... The nut of a string instrument is a small strip or block of hard material forming a transition between the strings playing length and the tuning machines on the headstock, or the tuning pegs in the pegbox at the upper end of the fingerboard. ... This article is about the music technique. ... A tangent, when referred to in the context of the action of a clavichord, refers to the small piece of metal similar in shape and size to the head of a regular (not philips) screwdriver. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Typical fingering for a second inversion C major chord on a guitar. ... A 10 string Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. ... 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. ... Jimmie Webster is the earliest guitarist known to have tapped on strings seriously[citation needed], but he didn't use the right hand orientation used by Chapman and Jordan. Their approach allowed for full counterpoint with each hand as an equal element. Other guitarists have employed similar methods of playing at times, using the more conventional hand angles used by Webster: rock guitarists (though the emphasis tends to be on very fast lead guitar playing rather than polyphony) such as Steve Hackett, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Randy Rhoads, and Joe Satriani, and many acoustic guitarists following the lead of Michael Hedges and employing two-handed tapping to play rich, percussive pieces (Clive Carroll, Preston Reed, and Justin King are examples). Jazz-funk guitarist Charlie Hunter employs a similar technique using a custom-made 8-string guitar on which he simultaneously plays basslines, chords and melodies. Steve Hackett (born Stephen Richard Hackett on February 12, 1950, in Pimlico, England) is a writer and guitarist. ... Edward Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955[1] in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer most famous for being the lead guitarist and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. ... Steven Steve Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer. ... For the talk radio host, see Randi Rhodes. ... Joseph Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ... Michael Hedges 1953-1997 Michael Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American acoustic guitarist born in Enid, Oklahoma. ... Preston Reed (born?) is an American acoustic guitar player and composer. ... Justin King (right) with Chairman Philip Hampton. ... Charlie Hunter is an American jazz, rock and fusion guitarist. ... Another feature of Jordan's playing is the tuning he uses: from bass to treble EADGCF (all in fourths as on the Chapman Stick, compared with the standard EADGBE). So the patterns for chords are the same wherever they are played on the fretboard. Stanley Jordan's main guitar has been built by Vigier Guitars in 1982, it is an Arpege model on which Vigier made a flat fingerboard, allowing to have a very low action (0,5/07mm). The low action facilitate the tapping technique. Vigier Guitars is a French manufacturer of electric guitars and basses. ... Jordan was the first artist to be signed by Bruce Lundvall when the latter became president of Blue Note Records in 1985 and, consequently, Magic Touch was the first release (not reissue) of the rejuvenated label. Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Jordan's daughter, Julia Jordan, is a guitarist living in Los Angeles, California. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Jordan is currently a resident of Sedona, Arizona, where he owns Sedona Books and Music. He attends Arizona State University, working toward a master's degree in music therapy.[1] For the Kia Motors Sedona automobile, see Kia Carnival // Sedona (pronounced ) is a city and community that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Arizona State University (ASU) is a public research institution of higher education and research with campuses located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a qualified professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. ... [edit] Discography Touch Sensitive (1982) (As this album is not listed at Jordan's website, he may not consider it an "official" part of his work) Magic Touch (1985) Standards, Vol. 1 (1986) Flying Home (1988) Cornucopia (1990) Stolen Moments (1991) Bolero (1994) The Best of Stanley Jordan (1995) Stanley Jordan Live in New York (1998) Relaxing Music for Difficult Situations, I (2003) Ragas (2004) Dreams Of Peace (2004) [edit] External links StanleyJordan.com Wilson & Alroy: Critical reviews of discography Stanley Jordan at the Internet Movie Database Stanley Jordan playing "Eleanor Rigby" Categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since May 2007 | American jazz guitarists | American buskers | Princeton University alumni | Arizona State University alumni | People from Sedona, Arizona | 1959 births | Living people The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... For the novel by Douglas Coupland, see Eleanor Rigby (novel). ...

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	Gregg Echols, The Archaic Man and Depth Psychology (2894 words) To watch Stanley Jordan delicately pluck and strum his guitar and hear the piano-like sounds coming from his instrument—yes, an unusual sound of music originating from a guitar—this was amazingly emotional and warm; a sensation almost like a glove that fits snuggly on one’s hand. Jordan’s strumming of his electric guitar gives me a peak into what Hillman calls “that sense of taste in relation with things, that thrill or pain, disgust or expansion of breast, those primordial aesthetic reactions of the heart which are soul itself speaking” (p. Stanley Jordan has done this with his music in such a way that the audience, too, becomes a part of his composition and performance—much like the construction workers becoming a part of the building designed by an architect.
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