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Method Books for Rapid Learning

Filed under: chapman stick,Design,Easy Touch-Style Method,how-to,Lessons,Mobius,music — f1xSTRM at 12:07 pm on Tuesday, September 7, 2010

All new Megatars come with four method books that completely cover:

  1. Basics. A set of very simple shapes that will underlie scales, chords, basslines and more.
  2. Bass. How to play walking bass with four rules. How to play bass hooks. How to play bass and rhythm patterns at the same time for great variety. All these come from the basics learned in book one.
  3. Melody. How to read and play melodies from leadsheets, while playing left-hand chords. Both melodies and chords are learned from the basics in book one.
  4. Improv. How to make up new melodies on the fly over any song with chord symbols. This is done very simply from basics learned in book one.

These books are sold on EBay and at http://learn-mobius-megatar.com

However, they’re provided free on CD with all new Megatars.

In many cases, I’ve also them for free to any registered Megatar owner who has bought his instrument used. (Serial number and purchase details requested for registration at http://megatar.com/megatar-reg/)

No Megatar player needs to suffer, as some of us have suffered in the past.

The approach in these books, according to many, is easier and faster to learn than some other methods. (Others will argue the point.)

Further, although our methods will work whether you play BassBottom or Chapman-style Inverted-Fifths bass, in my own experience, learning is far faster and simpler using BassBottom tuning.

We can do this the easy way.

Or we can do this the hard way.

So it just boils down to this …

Do you feel lucky?

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Podcast Blast!

Filed under: audio,Events,Expansion,how-to,interviews,Miscellaneous,Mobius,mp3,News,podcast,Video — f1xSTRM at 12:04 pm on Saturday, July 18, 2009

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Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Check it out!

Oh, no wait. That’s not my style. I’m way too distinguished to be talking that way.

That’s right. Pirate talk is better for Traktor.

Yo, ho, ho, ho, ho! Arrrgh! Matey, be sharp and keep a sea-eye out. Rumor be that-

Oh, never mind.

New Megatar Touchstyle Podcast

Let’s just say that we have a new Podcast Channel on the Mobius Megatar website. You should see the little blue button on the upper right on the main website.

The Podcast Channel will have more and more songs and videos, including –

  • Performance Videos from two-handed Mega-Tappers around the world
  • How-To Videos on subjects of interest to touchstyle players
  • Songs showing off two-handed touchstyle play
  • Interviews with touchstyle musicians

Please join us on the Megatar Touchstyle Podcast.

Also available through the Apple iTunes system.

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