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Subject: Re: Kitty Hawk - (nf)
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inmet!andrew    Mar 17 16:19:00 1984

The Chapman Stick is a 10-string instrument which looks like a large guitar
neck.  The playing technique is best described by the following excerpt from
an advertisement (Guitar Player, 7/83):

    "In a fundamentally new technique, two hands play independently and
    simultaneously, lightly tapping and holding strings against frets.

    Melody, bass, and chords all happen together as on keyboard, but with
    expression and sustain as on guitar, or with percussion as on drums."

Further information is available from Stick Enterprises, 8320 Yucca Trail,
Los Angeles, CA 90046.
 
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