I was practicing something and played a minor 7th chord. It reminded my of a tune by Billy Joel called "James" from the Turnstiles album, played on a Rhodes Piano. I thought it might sound good on vibes, so I started working on it. The…
Hello everyone. It's Marie. I saw that new version that Darrin posted of this beautiful tune... adding the angelic voices of his daughters! Omg! So beautiful!!! (to have the full story, just go to the "check this out" link). But he very…
In November, after my interview in PAS Percussive Notes mag, I posted that I would celebrate this little achievement by posting a video of me playing Joe Locke's solo on Satellite, which was featured in the same issue...
Learning to play jazz is learning from the great players that played before us. In this section there will be transcriptions of great solos by great jazz players. Not only vibraphone solos, but all instruments. The idea is that you check…
This section will cover grooves. Ethnic and other grooves. When it comes to ethnic grooves like Latin and Brazilian ones, I don't consider myself an expert. This is mainly for the reason that I didn't grow in Brazil or Cuba. Those…
When I write etudes I really try to work on aspects of live playing. Most of my etudes will be centered around tunes and focus on accompanying yourself playing a melody and soloing. Some of the etudes attempt to show how little you really…
Play along with the duets. Play vibes or even marimba and add your part and then upload it for others to check out!
I created these so you can get some ideas on how to comp for other instruments. Also this will help you're solo playing.
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This is a difficult chord study etude. It's straight eighth notes and based on 'Blues for Alice' changes. Definitely not a performance piece but it will get you moving around the instrument and working on chord melody ideas.
