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Aesthetic Decisions for a Jazz Vibist #1 (2 vs. 4)
Randy_Sutin
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Now that I have reentered the world of being a musician who is uninterrupted by a day gig, I have been thinking about what I could offer this site. In the recent post about 4 vs. 2 mallet playing, something surfaced. It occurred to me…
6 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Sus Chords
allyman
Content type: Forum topic
Hi all. I hoping for a little advice and suggestions on how to handle sus chords. I have to say, I'm not always sure which tones are the most important, and I find that when I'm reading through pop tunes, sus chords appear a lot. Not sure…
6 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Aesthetic Decisions for a Jazz Vibist #2 (Mallet choices)
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Blog entry
Hard mallets, soft mallets, different mallets on different tunes??? o What are the factors that go into this decision?  Timbre is an important musical parameter, conveying much of the emotional content we seek to share as artists.  In…
6 years 11 months ago - 7 comments
Scales Part 4
tonymiceli
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Talks about the modes of the Major Scale. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese translation for Chinese students Ionian 的結構：比如以C因爲起頭音，一路上行，8個音中間半音全音的關係。全全半全全全半。 你可以用這樣的方式，找到七個調式音階，音根音中間的關係…
6 years 11 months ago - 1 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - Chord Melody
tonymiceli
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6 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
Baby Grand by Billy Joel - Vibe Solo by David Kovins
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6 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
How To Voice Two Triads On The Vibes
behng
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6 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
"When I Fall In Love"
ed saindon
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"When I Fall In Love" - My private students and I were working on solo vibe playing concepts last week as applied to ballads. In addition to working on solo playing techniques, we were discussing ways of sounding colors of the chord via…
6 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
You must believe in Spring
David Friedman
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I've always loved this tune but never learned it because I thought it was so difficult, especially after hearing so many gorgeous versions by Bill Evans. It's not only about playing the chords, but moreover about CONNECTING them and…
6 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Frl.Rösler - Music for a detective novel
vibraman
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hey, i´m currently wrinting some music for a detecive novel that a friend has written. here´s just 1 simple theme i wrote and recorded with vibes & malletkat. Frl.Rösler dies as u can imagine... hope you like it!
6 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
TOTM - There Is No Greater Love - MEGA ETUDE
tonymiceli
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Here's a mega etude. Your job is to enter the chords and study each bar by writing all the alterations in. Is it aN F7b9? F713, F713#9. Look carefully at each bar and study the tune. Then play it. Memorize if you dare.
6 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
TOTM - There Is No Greater Love - Simple Chord Melody Video by Behn Gillece
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6 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - Basic Voicings Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
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6 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
Behn's McCoy Tyner Exercise No. 2 -V
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1 year 3 months ago - 0 comments
"Misty" by Errol Garner - Solo Vibraphone
ed saindon
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There was a period when I listened a lot to the great pianist Errol Garner. I loved Errol's sense of unpredictability, playfulness and overall adventure in his playing. Also, I loved his sense of relaxed and swinging time. His left hand…
6 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
INTRODUCTION - Learning tunes by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
okay, so her two weeks into the tune of the month. I'm curious as to your thoughts of what's happened so far, what's happening to you, and what you think of this process. I know for myself that just thinking about things changes my…
6 years 11 months ago - 6 comments
PIPER's Workroom 1
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
VibesWorkshop.com Piper’s Work Room (first post) Tony asked me to present my story along with a series relating to the vibraphone's various mechanical functions from both a player and a builder's perspective. The objective is to…
6 years 11 months ago - 7 comments
1975 Musser M55 bars - Fabulous!
Bill A
Content type: Forum topic
Hey folks, Getting old and running out money, so I've got to start thinning out my collection. These bars look and sound fabulous! If you're interested, send me an email and I'll send you some pics and we can discuss price. Thanks, Bill A…
6 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
Texas Hoedown for vibes and tenor saxophone
David Friedman
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Peter Weniger and I did a reading of the piece, originally for solo vibraphone. Basically Peter plays the melody and I try to leave out certain phrases that were written in the solo version to avoid too much information. This varies from…
7 years ago - 8 comments
I Thought About You
ed saindon
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One of my favorite songs - "I Thought About You". Many great versions of this song from vocalists and instrumentalists.
7 years ago - 0 comments
Behn's McCoy Tyner Exercise No. 1 -V
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1 year 3 months ago - 0 comments
Aesthetic Decisions for a Jazz Vibist #4 (Tempos and “odd meter” tunes)
Randy_Sutin
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Should we play crazy tempos/odd meter tunes??? o What are the factors that go into this decision?  There is a tradition of moving jazz forward. Some meters and feels have been played to death and that would seem to indicate that the…
7 years ago - 2 comments
TOTM - Peace - Advanced Dampening Exercise by Behn Gillece
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7 years ago - 0 comments
Video performance for my daughter's BD
allyman
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I said I'd post this, so I am. :) This is going on my daughter's FB page as a little 'gift' for her birthday. Thank you David for the inspiration! And the writing... I wish I'd had more time for a 2nd take, haha. Not terribly satisfied but…
7 years ago - 0 comments
First Video!
allyman
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I figured I'd try and record this from memory, despite only starting to memorize it a few days ago. Lots of little technical errors but the goal was to put up something displaying my level of technical competence at this point. My…
7 years ago - 5 comments
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