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The successes and frustrations of this experience brought me to eventually engage the
virtual Stick scene. Using Free Hands as my primary resource, it was my initial intention
to construct my own personal Stick style by cross-referencing a wide variety of
resources. I relied heavily on drumset and percussion rudiment books to provide a
rhythmic framework for Chapman's open-ended tablature. I also spent some time
working on piano music, but I found that reading notes exactly as written caused
technical problems in my left hand. Closely voiced thirds were difficult to play in the
fifths tuning, and constantly inverting thirds in the left hand required a significant
amount of spontaneous reinterpretation. I eventually found myself simply reading
chord symbols when they were available. This led me to use lead sheets, which were
open-ended enough to allow me to utilize the Stick-appropriate chord voicings
suggested in Free Hands. I arranged several non-Stick songs for the instrument during
this period using chords printed from the Internet and recordings I had in my library.
Concurrently with my initial exploration of the Stick, I was teaching full-time at a
public school. My "pet project" at the school was the jazz program, and over the years I
had built up a couple of ability-based ensembles. In my second year of working with the
Stick, I found myself short a bass player in my second group and took on this role (for
the kids, of course). I worked through my own pedagogy which had, at its core, Steinel's
Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble (2001). In comparison to my experiences on a
traditional electric bass, I found significant challenges playing walking bass lines in the
fifths tuning. Executing a minor second across strings required a quick hand, accuracy,44
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Hodges, Jeff. "Being" a Stickist: A Phenomenological Consideration of "Dwelling" in a Virtual Music Scene, thesis, May 2010; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28430/m1/52/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .