Vibraphone

🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 13

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been combining blues melodies with chord voicings and moving toward a fuller chord melody approach.

This week, we use a very simple melody:

👉 “C Jam Blues”

Because the melody is so minimal, it gives us room to focus on something else:

👉 Dense harmonic movement underneath the melody

This lesson introduces several important concepts:

quick video here, but think about and practice this a little bit. 

check this out. Practice this way. Not that you will use it all the time, but you might use it a lot! 

this is my stuff. Those of you who have been on the site for a long time, have heard some of this before. 

It has to sound like the song when you solo. That means you know the changes or have AMAZING ears. 

Here's my take of  Tony's blues super pack transcription in Bb.

My mantra is 'Does it Sound LIKE THE SONG". If you remember that you have to make it sound like the song first and foremost then all your practicing is with that in mind. 

David is stellar vibraphonist that resides in Paris, France. He's really a special player. He did a few lessons for us!

This lesson talks about a unique way to pedal a bossa and play a solo. It's cool! And short. You will get it right away.

This is pretty cool. Roy had amazing chops esp in his early days! 

🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 12

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working with blues melodies and combining them with chord voicings—moving toward a more complete, chord melody approach.

This week, we introduce a new tune:

👉 “Sonnymoon for Two”

This melody has a slightly different character than Bag’s Groove—it’s more rhythmically active and sits differently against the harmony.

In this version, you’ll notice: