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Etude 4 from the David Friedman Dampening and Pedaling book
Christiansergio2
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5 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Music theory history lesson
Randy_Sutin
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He changed the title since I first saw this from "Music Theory is Racist" to its current form. Probably a better descriptor of what he has researched and laid out in pretty good detail.
5 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
Monks Mood
tonymiceli
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I did this for some friends in Korea.
5 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
"Farmer's Trust" by Pat Metheny
ed saindon
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"Farmer's Trust" - one of my favorite compositions from guitarist Pat Metheny. A great song to use as a vehicle for dampening including the one hand dampening techniques - slide, hand and pivot dampening. All of these dampening techniques…
5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Etude 5 from the David Friedman Dampening and Pedaling book
Christiansergio2
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5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Easy Mallets Books Presentation -V
giovanniperin
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HERE ARE MY NEW BOOKS - EASY MALLETS I recently published two innovative methods FOR BEGINNERS dedicated to: VIBRAPHONE & IMPROVISATION MARIMBA & XYLOPHONE have fun practicing with BACKING TRACKS In this video I explain you what…
1 year 6 months ago - 0 comments
Comping - Alternating the 5th and 6th by Behn Gillece
behng
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5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Friedman 23 Harmonized
Bernardo96
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Harmonized
5 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Unconventional Vibraphone Techniques
BarryK
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I have only been playing vibes for about a year. Before I started playing the vibes, I thought you just hit the vibes with the mallets and use the pedal to let it ring out or stop the sound. Since then I have learned about so many…
5 years 1 month ago - 12 comments
Hitting the Nodes - On Purpose
BarryK
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Everyone says to avoid hitting the bars at the nodes. Well, I wanted to see what it would sound like in a musical context. Enclosed is my experiment. The idea was to play over Am on the nodes in one phrase, then answer over other…
5 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
How to Recover from Mistakes During Performance?
BarryK
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I am working on playing a classical piece. I try to play it like I am performing. If I make a mistake while playing a slow line, should I try and correct it during the performance, or should I just let it be and continue on? If it is a…
5 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
Little B's Poem Arrangement by BarryK
BarryK
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I started a solo arrangement to Bobby Hutcherson's "Little B's Poem". Enclosed is a PDF, and an audio generated from Sibelius. I also attached an initial attempt at it (just a few measures). The original recording has vibes and flute…
5 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
"What Kind Of Fool Am I' - Solo Vibraphone
ed saindon
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"What Kind Of Fool Am I" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Working on solo playing with reharm and voicings. Was playing through the Bill Evans version and got some nice ideas and wanted to try it out on the vibes.
5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Freidman1-4
Colten Yates
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CyCfWHjM5Y
5 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Dave Samuels' Lick Explained -V
giovanniperin
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Hi guys, today I'd like to show you one significant lick of Dave Samuels. It's taken from his song "Turnabout" (Here and now, Caribbean jazz project). Check out this record because it's simply gorgeous! We will analyse in particular how he…
1 year 5 months ago - 0 comments
II-V-I Challenge -V
giovanniperin
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Hi vibes lover, today I'd like to challenge you and your friend with this easy progression! the difficult part of the exercise is that you have to do it in all the keys saying out loud the name of the chord you are playing and then make a…
1 year 6 months ago - 0 comments
an Idea for a new specialty mallet for Tony to work on
campb3ll
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One thing about playing on the Mallet station (I'm assuming the same is true for the malletkat) that is kind annoying is the unnatural bounce of the mallet after the strike. It would be great if somebody designed a mallet that articulates…
5 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
The Nearness Of You" Solo Vibraphone with a focus on dampening
ed saindon
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"The Nearness Of You" - Solo vibraphone on this classic with a focus on various dampening techniques including slide, hand and pivot dampening.
5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Whisper Not - Solo Vibes
Oliver_M37
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Comments welcome!
5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Beatles: "Blackbird" - vibes & sax
cocktail-vibes
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hope you like it, best, Stefan
5 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
"Way Maker" - Solo Vibes
ed saindon
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Way Maker - this song was requested by a friend who asked me to record it. I added my own spin on it with some reharmonization. The lead sheet with reharm can be viewed and downloaded via the link in the video description.
5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
How to Play Vibes like Count Basie -- the classic intro, ending, and gestural comping
Oliver_M37
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Hi everyone, I've been moving to Philadelphia for school and haven't had much time to finish these lessons, but I managed to piece this one together (apologies for the lack of visual aesthetic, I don't have a great setup here yet). I…
5 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
The Key to Music Video Gigs x-D
c.stallard22
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Hello everyone. Here is a gem. This must be why we don't see vibes players in music videos...we gotta take a lesson from this guy! And just to make sure my ears aren't tricking me...there is no vibraphone in this entire audio? x-D
5 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
Learning from the Balafon: Lesson 15: 12/8 bell with 3 Cross-Rhythm
Jerry Leake
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See the attached PDF for notation.
5 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Blues - Blues with a Bridge
tonymiceli
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So with all the styles of blues there's one more I can think of. That's a blues with a bridge. Many times these are sort of AABA blues'. For instance it would be 2 choruses of a blues and then a bridge and then one more chorus of the blues…
5 years 2 months ago - 4 comments
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