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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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One of my favorite songs - "I Thought About You". Many great versions of this song from vocalists and instrumentalists.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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I recently had to move my Musser M75 and decided to replace the damper felt while I had it broken down. Now that the new felt is on, I'm having problems getting the damper set properly. With the spring fully engaged there are notes in the…
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Big shout out to Joe's Shoe and Luggage repair on Huntington Pike right outside Philly. He went above and beyond to help fix up my old (1977) cases for my M55. He put on new handles, fixed up the straps, patched some holes up, and best of…
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"You Are My Sunshine" - I love the piano trios with pianists like Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris and Monty Alexander. Straight ahead jazz with an easy and swingin' time feel. Also of course in this category would be the Ray Brown trios with…
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Check out the Beginning and also check it out at about 42 minutes.
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Ok so I'm considering the MalletKat Pro. So the MalletKat company (AlternateMode) has units such as the Yamaha Motif XS as the sound module. My question is there any other option not sold or mentioned by AlternateMode, that malletheads are…
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Recorded this on the fly yesterday with the phone for Fourth of July 2018. With some reharm here and there. A beautiful and timeless song.
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Here is a way to practice the blues. Be strict about it... You'll see. Chinese translation for Chinese students. 藍調音階,需要很重視語法(phrases),也就是怎樣組成個音階才像blues的語彙。 F blues scale: F Ab Bb B C Eb F 練習方法(in F key): 先打F and C, 製造一個固定低音的聲響(set a pedal…
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Way too hot to work in the yard today so I'm in the house playing some vibes. I was running through an Astor Piazzolla book featuring his compositions and came across this song titled "Tango Choc". I'm basically sight reading through this…
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