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Hi Dirk,

The tuning you have is incredibly logical. I wouldn't mess with it. What's important to recognize about this instrument is that it has its own technique, different from both the guitar and the piano. There are similarities, but because the hands are independent actors, it's much more like the piano than the guitar (but way more fun, IMO)

I don't know if you have my DVD, but it's completely dedicated to laying out technique that comes from the instrument itself. Once you get your hands moving, all the rest falls nicely into place...

It's available from Stick Enterprises and my online shop, as well as amazon and a few other places.

http://www.greghoward.com/free_hands/dvd/index.html

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It looks like you understood the Stick quite fast...congratulations.

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In my opinion The Stick Book vol.1 by Greg Howard is a excellent resource guide,been venturing the Stick fret board since 2011 and still have it in front of me.Waiting for vol.2 which i am sure will me a basic refresher with some creative options by Mr.Howard. Lawrence.

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Hi Greg, thanks for the hint - order placed on your website :-)

The reason for choosing matched reciprocal was quite some research in the web - as I was browsing various comments and threads it was mentioned that you are also using this tuning, As I had watched a good bunch of your youtube content over time by then, it made sense for me to go for it as well :-)

Seems a promising approach to get hands moving and the rest will follow. From a Piano/Guitar point of view, on "Day1" I found myself trying to "layer" chords with the left hand while playing some melody with the right, but so far I have no good feel for the "voicing", that is, which finger would use which position without breaking them, the "spread" is a bit unfamiliar.

But indeed an instrument that ignites something. My spouse, though, is complaining a bit that the bass sounds from downstairs sound a bit like the violin training sessions of our daughter way back, endlessly repeating the same tunes again and again.... :-))) Thanks for your time to step in and also all other comments!


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But indeed an instrument that ignites something. My spouse, though, is complaining a bit that the bass sounds from downstairs sound a bit like the violin training sessions of our daughter way back, endlessly repeating the same tunes again and again.... ))


hahaha. the reason i play w/ headphones unless no one is around. but the other people in the house seem to be used to hearing a muted "tink-tink-tink" an then a frustrated scream after playing the same two arpeggios FOR FORTY-FIVE MINUTES and still not getting them right. "but indeed an instrument that ignites something." oh,yeah...

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WordsAlive wrote:
Hi, I received my Railboard yesterday (took a while to go through customs, from Dec22 - Jan08...)

I'm playing Piano and Guitar since 30+ yrs and wondered if I, aged 50, can still figure out how to play that stunning instrument I heard Daniel Kane playing on fishermans wharf back in 1990....

I opted for the "Matched reciprocal" tuning - what did you choose? I still have to make up my mind if MatchedReciprocal is the tuning to stay with, I don't want to jeopardize the learning process later on by switching to a "better" tuning.

Anyone reading this, any tipps which tuning would be the best for a newbie being used to standard guitar (E-A-D-G-H-E) and piano? Any tuning which is more "like" Piano/guitar which could foster the process?

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Dirk


Hey there,

Sorry that it took me a while to reply, somehow the notifications must have been deleted or so.

I'm using the matched reciprocal tuning also. For the melody strings this is very natural for me since it's almost exactly like guitar tuning (with the exception that you don't have to deal with that pesky third).

I'm still warming up to the bass side tuning where the fourths are descending, so the ascending relationship are fifth. I feel that it requires a completely different technique for bass lines that what I'm used to in my left hand since you seem to have to jump around more due to the larger intervals between the strings. For traditional tonic, octave and fifth bass notes it's very convenient though.

If I were you I would just stick with this tuning and learn it. It seems to be the most popular one together with the original tuning.

Hope this helps,

Geert

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So after a few weeks away to NAMM and work in the US, I finally got back to my Railboard :D

I picked up a Harpejji along the way, so I'll have to be very diligent about practice time to ensure that both advance at a regular pace. (love the Harpejji also btw)

It felt great to pick the stick back up again, certainly after having spent such a great evening at NAMM Stick Night, seeing all those amazing stick players approaching it from their own personal perspective. It inspired me to just go with the flow and explore my own path and technique, leveraging the muscle memory that I already have, even though that might not be the optimal stick technique, it's giving me more joy :-)

I stumbled onto this instrumental idea late last night, I think this is the start of a first piece that I'll fully write out and finish for the stick.


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