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"I don't know why nobody has ever transcribed this solo..."
Randy_Sutin
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In the online meeting a week or so ago, David played a Red Norvo video and, when talking about it said, "I don't know why nobody has ever transcribed this solo.." That was enough motivation for me. :) To my ears, even though this was…
4 years 10 months ago - 3 comments
George Shearing Style Chords - Question for Oliver
rogersvibes
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I got inspired by Oliver's arrangement of "Days of Wine and Roses". The drummer in my band wants to play "Beautiful Friendship", so I thought I would try to arrange it in a Shearing style. I understand the basic concept behind the…
4 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
All the Things You Are - Solo Vibraphone
Oliver_M37
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Part of my new practice strategy of just improvising a solo arrangement and recording my first take, instead of my usual thoughtfully working everything out beforehand and using maybe a third take. It's a lot more time-efficient.
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
A path to solo playing 3
Stefan Bauer
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Using "Like someone in love" (Eb) to study solo-vibe playing. Having started with creating a counter line to the melody with the root notes of the accompanying chords we are now starting to incorporate chords. See the previous installments…
4 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
Theme from "Cinema Paradiso"
ed saindon
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Thank you Maestro Ennio Morricone for your beautiful music. RIP.
4 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
Sac State Jazz Combo Pandemic Concert 6/24
rogersvibes
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This is a video of the concert I put on last Friday with my combo. It went surprisingly well, so we'll be doing it again in a couple of weeks. It seems like perhaps we all need to get used to the idea of outdoor gigs.
4 years 10 months ago - 7 comments
Good VIbes Radio Update August 2020
gloria krolak
Content type: Event
Hey All, I hope you were able to catch last month’s all-Jobim program, played by an assortment of many our favorite vibraphone players. If you were listening you may have noticed one important, well-loved Jobim composition that was…
4 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny - Solo Vibes
ed saindon
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"Bright Size Life" by Pat Metheny. Great song by Pat that still sounds fresh. When this came out with Pat, Jaco and Moses in the 70s it turned a lot of heads. A classic album featuring Pat's compositions and superb trio playing.
4 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Warren Wolf - Reason #2 - Omega
tonymiceli
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4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
"Blues Etude" Vibe Solo - Improvising On An Etude From My Book: "Vibraphone Virtuosity Vol. 2"
davidkovinsvibe
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4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Body and Soul
ed saindon
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One of the greatest ballads of all time Body and Soul.
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Dampening Technical Difficulties ft. Friedman Etude #1
RenPlaysVibes
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Hello everyone! I want to take full advantage of this site and everything offered here. To that end, this video was made. I hope this is the first of many posts I make. Give it a watch and I look forward to your thoughts. Have a good one!…
4 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Lesson of the Week: Be funny! :)
c.stallard22
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This week's vibe Zoom coffeehouse "lesson of the week" was inspired by the jokesters of yesterday's vibe talk and by Mike Balter. Yesterday's vibe talk: https://www.facebook.com/vibesworkshopOnFB/videos/328241894857803 Original Mike…
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Lines on "Stella By Starlight"
ed saindon
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Playing lines over “Stella By Starlight” with the inside mallets. Using an open spread and “digging in” with an up and down motion via the use of the fulcrum as with a two mallet player or drummer. For more information on the fulcrum grip…
4 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Friedman Etude #20
Oliver_M37
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This one took like a million takes. I've been recording it every weekend for the past month and I think I finally have one that sounds okay! Here is #20 of Friedman's book.
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Is your practice space also horrific...?
tjaco
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I live in Amsterdam and living in Amsterdam means that you can't really practice at home. At least not where I practice and especially not if you also play drums and live with your girlfriend who doesn't have a dayjob like me(musician). So…
4 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
Chien Chien Lu - Blossom in a Stormy Night 雨夜花（改編）
tonymiceli
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Look out for Chien Chien! I think she is coming up fast in the jazz world and the vibe world. Here is a track with her and her band. It's a killer band; Vibraphone: Chien Chien Lu Piano: Shedrick Mitchell Bass: Richie Goods Drums:…
4 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
Thoughts on Solo Playing and "What is This Thing Called Love"
Oliver_M37
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I've been playing through a bunch of standards improvising solo vibes arrangements everyday recently, and realized I might as well record it. Although lockdown sucked in a lot of ways, it has REALLY gotten my solo playing together. Before…
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Susan Pascale - Performing Double Guatemala
tonymiceli
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Susan is a great vibe player from Seattle. I've checked out her music for years now.
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Sasha Berliner - Live on Steve Weiss
tonymiceli
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If you can't see the video, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/steveweissmusic/videos/991326534646375/ Posted by Steve Weiss Music on Tuesday, July 21, 2020
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Learning from the Balafon (Lesson 14: 12:8 bell, totoji and kagan patterns)
Jerry Leake
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Download the attached PDF for notation and general background.
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Friedman Etude #22
Oliver_M37
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Almost done with the whole book (which I have recorded and put up on this site and YouTube). Here is #22, one of the three jazz etudes.
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Etude #15
Oliver_M37
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I'm almost done recording the whole book, so here's one of the peskier ones I've been putting off recording.
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Mallets for Malletkat
kschleunes
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I’ve always just kind of done two mallet stuff on the malletkat. I’m trying four mallets but collisions are occurring. Can anyone recommend a smaller headed mallet that they use on the malletkat please.
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Whisper Magic
Christos
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'Whisper Magic' is a solo vibraphone piece that was composed a few years back and premiered at a duo concert with pianist Sergio Salvatore at New York's Carnegie Hall. Now I got the opportunity to work on a video for it and hope you enjoy…
4 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
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