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John Mark Piper
Marie-Noëlle
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Performances by Behn Gillice
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This piece is the 1st movement from Bach's violin sonata # 1. There's lots of opportunity for mallet dampening. The goal is to get it to sound full and resonant, but very clean. As you move from chord to chord use good dampening and/or…
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Hello guys, I just created a new YouTube channel to post some clips for marimba. We just posted clips on marimba of Duke Ellington's blues Things Ain't What They Used To Be and Carlos Jobim's O Grande Amor. I'll be posting some more clips…
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Hey guys and gals! This is an audio clip from a recital I did recently. Whaddya think? Hope you dig it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIprhA_qaAs -Drew
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Hello guys, I just created a new YouTube channel to post some clips for marimba. We just posted clips on marimba of Duke Ellington's blues Things Ain't What They Used To Be and Carlos Jobim's O Grande Amor. I'll be posting some more clips…
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hey, since tony posted so much stride stuff i thought i will try something on that. i choose moonglow. this was my best attempt out of 4. i put on a tiny brush snare and cymbal to work as metronom (you like it marie?) and to work on my…
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I have been working on Friedman Etude No. 7. Going along with the theme of this month's Chord Fest, I add some chord accompaniment to the second repeat. This is the best take of the night. I am still working on it but wanted to post my…
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Did this in 13 minutes from when I opened Logic until I started to post it! One of you guys do one now!
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For better or worse, I went a little nuts on this tune. I'm listening back and realizing I put everything including the kitchen sink in there (That's a Gavan quote!! :-) ). So I figured I'd post it. It's not perfect, but there's a lot of…
13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
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More questions on comping. 1. What rhythms should you use? There are all of the charleston variations. Stride quarter note feel. Then there is the modern broken rhythms like you hear Chick and Herbie use a lot. But when and where do you…
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After posting my lesson on comping on bossas, I tried to find some stuff with just the vibes and the absence of the guitar and piano. Here's a video I found of Gary with Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz. They're performing The Girl From…
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Any one in education that knows about certificates? I'm just wondering about making a 2 year course and handing out a certificate upon completion. And what's cool is we could ALL be involved with the process of others getting certificates…
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Hey guys, I've been seeing lots of great posts lately on comping, voicings, duo/solo playing, playing Brazilian music...(that Gary clip with Stan playing Jobim just knocks me out). Here's a clip from a recent gig sort that ties in some of…
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| We recently passed the number of 2500 members!! Isn't that great? Let's keep it up!... Our first 'Chords & Harmony - Comping Festival' started early this month: check out 'all tons' of lessons and join the party! And don't miss the '…
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this is a free improvisation I did on the 6th of november 2011
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This is a tune I recorded a while back just foolin around a bit here, like the tune would welcome suggestions on ideas to work on
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We should wrap up the chord and harmony festival, huh??? What about we get into lines. A bebop tune a week for 8 weeks. Play analyze and talk about the tune. I'm just learning Little Willie Leaps and it's such a cool tune. The thing about…
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Hello. This is a new lesson on the chords and harmony festival 2011. I am talking about how you can play a minor melodic chord or scale over a maj 7 chord. I hope you find this helpfull. If there are any questions, let me know. Thank you…
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Here's a lesson on comping for bossas. Refer to the "Check this out" for some voicing ideas.
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Hi evrybody! I've been working on this Waltz for Debby this time, and have just recorded this video today. the main point was to keep the comping "left hand" as clean and effective as possible and try not to loose the waltz motion during…
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