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Unconventional Vibraphone Techniques
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I have only been playing vibes for about a year. Before I started playing the vibes, I thought you just hit the vibes with the mallets and use the pedal to let it ring out or stop the sound. Since then I have learned about so many…
4 years 9 months ago - 12 comments
Hitting the Nodes - On Purpose
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
Everyone says to avoid hitting the bars at the nodes. Well, I wanted to see what it would sound like in a musical context. Enclosed is my experiment. The idea was to play over Am on the nodes in one phrase, then answer over other…
4 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
How to Recover from Mistakes During Performance?
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I am working on playing a classical piece. I try to play it like I am performing. If I make a mistake while playing a slow line, should I try and correct it during the performance, or should I just let it be and continue on? If it is a…
4 years 9 months ago - 6 comments
Little B's Poem Arrangement by BarryK
BarryK
Content type: Blog entry
I started a solo arrangement to Bobby Hutcherson's "Little B's Poem". Enclosed is a PDF, and an audio generated from Sibelius. I also attached an initial attempt at it (just a few measures). The original recording has vibes and flute…
4 years 9 months ago - 4 comments
"What Kind Of Fool Am I' - Solo Vibraphone
ed saindon
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"What Kind Of Fool Am I" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Working on solo playing with reharm and voicings. Was playing through the Bill Evans version and got some nice ideas and wanted to try it out on the vibes.
4 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Freidman1-4
Colten Yates
Content type: Video Embed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CyCfWHjM5Y
4 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
Dave Samuels' Lick Explained -V
giovanniperin
Content type: Video Embed
Hi guys, today I'd like to show you one significant lick of Dave Samuels. It's taken from his song "Turnabout" (Here and now, Caribbean jazz project). Check out this record because it's simply gorgeous! We will analyse in particular how he…
1 year 1 month ago - 0 comments
II-V-I Challenge -V
giovanniperin
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Hi vibes lover, today I'd like to challenge you and your friend with this easy progression! the difficult part of the exercise is that you have to do it in all the keys saying out loud the name of the chord you are playing and then make a…
1 year 3 months ago - 0 comments
an Idea for a new specialty mallet for Tony to work on
campb3ll
Content type: Forum topic
One thing about playing on the Mallet station (I'm assuming the same is true for the malletkat) that is kind annoying is the unnatural bounce of the mallet after the strike. It would be great if somebody designed a mallet that articulates…
4 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
The Nearness Of You" Solo Vibraphone with a focus on dampening
ed saindon
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"The Nearness Of You" - Solo vibraphone on this classic with a focus on various dampening techniques including slide, hand and pivot dampening.
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Whisper Not - Solo Vibes
Oliver_M37
Content type: Video Embed
Comments welcome!
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Beatles: "Blackbird" - vibes & sax
cocktail-vibes
Content type: Video Embed
hope you like it, best, Stefan
4 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
"Way Maker" - Solo Vibes
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
Way Maker - this song was requested by a friend who asked me to record it. I added my own spin on it with some reharmonization. The lead sheet with reharm can be viewed and downloaded via the link in the video description.
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
How to Play Vibes like Count Basie -- the classic intro, ending, and gestural comping
Oliver_M37
Content type: Video Upload
Hi everyone, I've been moving to Philadelphia for school and haven't had much time to finish these lessons, but I managed to piece this one together (apologies for the lack of visual aesthetic, I don't have a great setup here yet). I…
4 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
The Key to Music Video Gigs x-D
c.stallard22
Content type: Video Embed
Hello everyone. Here is a gem. This must be why we don't see vibes players in music videos...we gotta take a lesson from this guy! And just to make sure my ears aren't tricking me...there is no vibraphone in this entire audio? x-D
4 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
Learning from the Balafon: Lesson 15: 12/8 bell with 3 Cross-Rhythm
Jerry Leake
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See the attached PDF for notation.
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Blues - Blues with a Bridge
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Embed
So with all the styles of blues there's one more I can think of. That's a blues with a bridge. Many times these are sort of AABA blues'. For instance it would be 2 choruses of a blues and then a bridge and then one more chorus of the blues…
4 years 10 months ago - 4 comments
"My Ship" by Kurt Weill - Solo Vibraphone
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
"My Ship" by Kurt Weill. Working on this classic song for solo vibraphone with a focus on a number of areas including orchestration, dampening, reharm, voicings and counterpoint. A beautiful song with so many wonderful versions from many…
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Harrison Gelber's Etude
tonymiceli
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This is part of the Open Source Dampening and Pedaling book. This is free for all to use. It's a beautiful etude.
4 years 10 months ago - 3 comments
When Life Is Beautiful by David Kovins - Vibraphone Solo - David Kovins
davidkovinsvibe
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4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Dave Samuels: Rhythmic Displacement Soloing Techniques -V
giovanniperin
Content type: Video Embed
Second video dedicated to the master of vibes and marimba Dave Samuels: here we will analyse one of his most used technique. take your time to go over those rhythmical superimposition slowly with the metronome, then increase the speed and…
1 year 3 months ago - 2 comments
Dave Samuels' favourite chords: the Constant Structure trick -V
giovanniperin
Content type: Video Embed
Dave is one of my hero and I was lucky enough to study with him during high school. He used to come every year in Italy and doing summer camps where I learned a ton about his way of playing. www.giovanniperin.com Follow me ★ facebook…
1 year 3 months ago - 2 comments
The New Gig Kat for Mallet Kat and Mallet Station
tonymiceli
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This is pretty amazing. It's 1000 sounds and it basically fits in the palm of your hand. Made for percussionists. Mention Vibesworkshop and you get 10 percent off.
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Coltrane Solo Concepts - Tritone Subs & Triads
mwalbridge
Content type: Video Embed
Hi everyone! Here is a video that I made on some things that I have been learning from John Coltrane's solo on "Take the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington). I've attached a pdf that includes examples of Coltrane's use of tritone subs and triad…
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
The Different Blues Scales
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
Yep, there are several different blues scales. They each have a unique quality. Of course they do, any grouping of notes will have a quality that's unique and different from other groups. For instance play a major scale. Now flat the 3rd.…
4 years 10 months ago - 6 comments
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