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"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…
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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.
5 years 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…
5 years 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:…
5 years 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…
5 years 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.
5 years 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
5 years 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.
5 years 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.
5 years 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.
5 years 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…
5 years ago - 0 comments
Bluesette 105
Rogerhdg
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Comping for myself with the left hand is tough. I was trying to set a 120 bpm pace and couldn't get past 105 without running past brain speed and accumulating glitches.
5 years ago - 0 comments
Deagan Vibraphone
Kym Ambrose
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Hi all, I want to get some more information about this vibraphone. A local drummer and vibes player has passed away here and his son wants to sell this vibraphone. Does anybody know the rough age of it and have any idea about its value?…
5 years ago - 5 comments
Mallet Dampening Etude for David Friedman
Drumbum
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This is a mallet dampening etude I wrote for the 2nd online vibes boot camp. This is the first time I ever used mallet dampening, so I tried to use it in as many ways as I could. Hope you all enjoy! -Liam Hurley
5 years ago - 2 comments
Geoff Palmer - Thanks Again John Keene
tonymiceli
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John Keene I always say is our local historian. He mentioned a vibe player I never heard about before. So if John Mentions him, I always check him out. He is great!
5 years ago - 1 comments
John Coltrane Transcription - Take the Coltrane
mwalbridge
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Hi Vibes Workshop! It's been a while since I've posted so I thought I would share this John Coltrane solo I have been working on with you all. I attached a pdf if anyone is interested in checking it out - I think there are so many…
5 years ago - 4 comments
Happy Birthday Barryk
tonymiceli
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Let's all wish Barryk a happy birthday. Besides being the first subscriber on the site Barryk is one of the nicest guys you could every meet! And he's a hard worker and loves practicing and playing the vibes!
5 years ago - 15 comments
All The Modes in the Major Scale
tonymiceli
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Here's a great warm up exercise and a great exercise for your hands and your mind. You play all the modes of a Major Scale all in a row, that is continuously. Here's a mide file of what it sounds like: You should get the idea. The scales…
5 years ago - 1 comments
Not Vibe Related But......
tonymiceli
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This reminds me how cool this song is. Lots of high school kids play it. Just like all the wedding bands back in the day playing a crappy version of Girl From Ipanema. You hate and then you hear the original and go, wow it's so beautiful…
5 years ago - 5 comments
Never Never Land from Peter Pan
ed saindon
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"Never Never Land" from Peter Pan - Fun exploring on this great song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics from Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Such a hip song with wonderful chord changes and a memorable melody and lyrics.
5 years ago - 0 comments
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