The Stick Book™, Volume 1 - Book $25, and Companion double CD set $20
First published in 1997, Greg Howard's Stick Book has been the foundation for hundreds of players first getting started with the Free Hands two-handed tapping method.
by Greg Howard, edited by Emmett Chapman, Steve Adelson and Jim Reilly (released 1997)
Over 90 pages of tabs, exercises, complete song arrangements and instructional and historical photos.
Song arrangements: "Autumn Leaves", "Greensleeves", "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", "Sunday", "Shapes", "Charmed Life", "Scarborough Fair", "Rennaissance Medley"
StaffTab™Fretboard Notation
The StaffTab fretboard notation system combines all the information found in tablature (note placement and fingering) with that of regular staff notation (pitches and rhythm) into one compact system, making it much easier for the player to learn the pieces and exercises. You don't have to be a great reader of sheet music, as all the tab information is there to provide what extra cues you may need.
This video explains the notation system and shows several exercises in action:
Companion Audio CD Set, $20
The Stick Book Companion Audio CD Set has two discs full of all the notated exercises in the book. Each selection has metronome countoffs at very reasonable tempos, and the bass and melody parts are panned left and right to clearly hear how the music is supposaed to sound in each hand. The CDs work with all three tuning version of the book.
The Stick Book and StaffTab are trademarks of Greg Howard and Stick Enterprises, Inc.
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