Scales & lines, chords & changes, phrasing & modes, oh my!
I feel a bit like the lion in The Wizard of Oz ;-) I have been sifting through the site for a few days and I have had some success at trying to learn online. I am a…
I've been playing the tune Israel. I really like it and discovered some cool things. So I thought I'd do a tune of the month on it!
So start learning it!
Just got a new Malletech marimba I'm totally in love with the sound. It's Padauk, not rosewood, so it has its own sound, which appeals to me after playing rosewood marimbas for so many years. The bar spacing is a little different so that's…
What do you see when you play the vibes. What's your perspective?
I always saw it as a guitar or even a violin (after studying Bach). Never really saw it as a piano. But yes it looks like a piano and there are many similar things. I guess…
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Here is traditional tango very weel played by an authentic argentin player. He is 34 years old, and he plays with a lot of bands in Buenos Aires, some of them new tango (Piazzolla and his musical's sons). Perfect tecnician, and for me the…
This for my student, but it's for all. it's a VERY QUICK and dirty chord version of Fly Me To The Moon. Done in about 15 minutes. Good enough for what Frank needs, but you're welcome to check it out.
I was just blown away looking at our Vbooks section. That is Virtual Books.
I was putting something in the chords section and I couldn't believe how many lessons were in there!
The thing about vibesWorkshop is you…
Here are three, two five, one progressions.
Good voice leading for the most part is lazy voice leading. That means:
you usually won't move the note if it's in the next chord.
you will move whatever voicings have to move…
Guys, here's a tutorial on the "four to the bar" style on Stars Fell On Alabama. Had some fun with adding the hats. I use to do this with piano but not vibes, so it needs tweaking. Would have picked a smaller/thinner and quieter set of…
After you know the chords and the melody what are some ways of assembling tunes?
I believe that without a foundation with the tune, it's going to be hard to 'tame' it. Even though I don't always practice what I preach, knowing the melody…
I made this for a student and thought I'd share it. We did it on the fly.
Practice page one in all the keys. Also page two.
Use the closed and open positions and then go through all the open and closed voicings. Remember the rules are the…
Behn came over today to pick up some mallets we started talking about melodies and playing lines. So I asked Behn to play a tune with only melodies and lines, no chords and then talk about it. Here's what came out.
Here's a simple solo I did for a student.
All the things you are.
He's doing the following:
Learn the solo (don't write it down)
play it along with the recording every day
play each chord and then play the part of the…
Don't write it down until you can play it.
Can you play it in another key?
I tried to make the easy one easy. The other has two choruses, one easier than the other.
I also tried to focus on some things like a…
Hello all,
Just a quick lesson on ending ballads (or any tune, really). I demonstrate a few different options for the final chords on a ballad so you don't always have to end on 1 or the b2. Let me know if there are any questions!
Allstar cats here!
There are some things to talk about here. First My mallets which are hard(er) mallets sound great here. It cuts through and you here the articulation. I'm not saying buy my mallets, but I am saying by…
Hi Tony,
This isn't quite directly vibes, but is there any chance we can get a lesson on the equipment/software you use to produce videos? You've really upgraded your capabilities since the "quick and dirty" days, so I'm looking for how…
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