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Jan 2025 Coffee House with Mario Deciutiis
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We had a great hang with Mario. Here's a timeline in case you want to zero in on anything.I had AI make a podcast of the video. It's attached just for fun! Based on the provided audio excerpts, here's a timeline of the meeting, with…
5 months 2 weeks ago - 0 comments
Chordal Playing - Revisited
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Content type: Book page
A series on playing and soloing in a chordal way.
5 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Chordal Playing Rev. - Part 1
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Here is a lesson with an etude. I use the tune Green Dolphin Street and I play a chordal solo. There's very little that monophonic here. I tried to hit always with 2,3 or 4 mallets. I played a few choruses of Green Dolphin Street and…
5 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Cmin Vocabulary Exercise Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece
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5 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Feedback and mics
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Content type: Blog entry
The big enemy in live sound with an instrument like the vibes is feedback.  That’s not just the horrible screeching sound when it gets out of control, however.  It’s those weird resonances that happen when you play certain notes…
5 months 4 weeks ago - 7 comments
All About Vibe Microphones
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This will take a little explaining.  First we had a zoom meeting with microphone designer Ron Oswanski. He used to work for Amt microphones and is now out on his own and has made a beautiful vibe microphone so I had him come and talk…
5 months 4 weeks ago - 3 comments
Using The Blues To Find Voicings by Behn Gillece
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Chinese translation for Chinese students 用到共同音（common tone）和最高音聲部（upper voice）去建造這個和聲配置（voicing） 打開PDF，在PDF 中，用到的是F調，我們取5音（C）當作是我們最高音聲部。 整首的和聲配置都會保持高音聲部在C，其他和聲配置的音，也都會照著這個規則去建造。 有一個地方例外，第六小節，B diminished，其實如果很想要照著規則走，也可以把第六小節改成Bb7，…
6 months ago - 5 comments
Turn Out The Stars - Study Pack
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This is video, audio and a pdf all with etudes for the tune Turn Out The Stars by Bill Evans.  It's a complicated tune, but I always think even the complicated tunes spell all the harmony out. It all makes sense musicially.  The…
5 months ago - 0 comments
Cmin Vocabulary Exercise Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
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6 months ago - 0 comments
Tune Study - Along Came Betty Pt. 6 by Behn Gillece
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Friedman: Pedaling Etude No. 18
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Recorded in Hattiesburg 
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Tune Study - Along Came Betty Pt. 5 by Behn Gillece
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6 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
Mbira plus vibes... my saga continues
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As I am working hard to learn to play this new instrument (the array mbira), I have taken to forcing myself to record to add a little pressure.   I have been using standard tunes a lot just because I don't have to learn the music; I…
7 months 1 week ago - 3 comments
Vibes Transporting
Rick Brugger
Content type: Forum topic
I’m thinking about buying the new one vibe. And I’m wondering how you guys transport this vibe. Do you break it down and put it in your car?Do you leave assembled and use tiedowns in your vehicle?Do you use a ramp to get it in and out?Do…
7 months 4 weeks ago - 5 comments
Great Article About the Vibraphone
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Follow VW member Paul sent me this. Worth checking outAdd some to this post and let's build a listening list. Gary Burton playing Chega is the most influencial recording ever for me. Here's a live version. Unbelievable and I know most…
7 months 2 weeks ago - 2 comments
Tune Study - Along Came Betty Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece
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6 months 2 weeks ago - 0 comments
I NEVER THOUGHT TO DO THIS!
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any else doing this? It's a great idea! 
9 months 3 weeks ago - 15 comments
Figure It Out Yourself! :-)
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Warren Wolf has a shirt that says, 'No One Cares, Practice'. I think that's a power message for students. It's your turn! Your turn to solve the same problems as Gary Burton, Mike Manieri, Milt Jackson and all the rest of the…
1 year ago - 5 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - 4 Interpretations of the Melody
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Hey all, Not really an official lesson here, but thought I'd post a version of our TOTM where I just play the melody through a few times. With each version, I try to do different things with the phrasing, leaning back, forward, decorating…
10 years 8 months ago - 6 comments
Tune Study - Along Came Betty Pt. 3 by Behn Gillece
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6 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Friedman: Pedaling Etudes No. 17
Yu Chih Cherry Chen
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Recorded at USM
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Friedman: Pedaling Etude No. 16
Yu Chih Cherry Chen
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Recorded at USM
7 months ago - 0 comments
Tune Study - Along Came Betty Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece
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Friedman 21
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Friedman 21
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Tune Study - Along Came Betty Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
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