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Beginners Course

This is a beginners course on playing the vibes. How to stand behind the instrument, how to hold the mallets. etc.

*note to professors. This is designed to be an online course. If your department's students are all subscribers of the site, you may be entitled to online workshops or even in person workshops depending on the number of students registered.

General Intermediate Vibes Course

Here are the courses for our General Intermediate Vibes Course.

It's assumed that students have experience on the vibraphone, can play scales, know chords and are not beginners with harmony and technique.

*note to professors. This is designed to be an online course. If your department's students are all subscribers of the site, you may be entitled to online workshops or even in person workshops depending on the number of students registered.

Montana (F.Zappa) Performed by Pojoma People Live in Germany

hi,

i love to play in this band (teenage dream) although i only play drums there. but be sure i´m prepared to play every song we do on the mallets too...just in case :)

we almost never play live cause it´s difficult to find places for such a big band. but yesterday we did and it was great fun! the song is one of my favorite zappa compositions

the line up is:

Hoger Auer - Lead Vocals
Michael Kobal - Mallets,Back Vocals,Percussion
Daniel Neustadt - Bass
Tarik Dosdogru - Drums,Back Vocals
Jörg Eschrig - Guitar,Back Vocals
Martin Lelgemann - Keyboards
Ferdinand Rexforth - Sax

Beast's Last Dance (goodbye to an old friend) by Corey Mwamba

Corey is a member here, though he has a slightly different approach on vibes and on music than most of us. I think he's a great vibes player and person, with a true passion for the instrument like all of us.

He recently decided to sell his old Premier and made a little video of the last moment spent with his "old friend". Oh man I got totally caught and truly moved by those 2 little mn. He allowed me to share them with you.

We are all different... but we all have to say goodbye one day... Hope you receive Corey's message too... Enjoy.

Staying Loose

Greetings everyone,
I've recently been enjoying working on exercises in "Velocity Warm-Ups: 92 Improvisional Patterns for Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba" by Charles Dowd. Some great ideas for practicing scales, arpeggios, modes... ects.

I find that my muscles tend to tighten and cramp up while doing some of the above extended exercises. Any suggestions for how to stay loose and relaxed?

Thanks.

jazzdad6705