Vibraphone

This is a cool tune. Let's learn it. You can really learn a lot from studying this tune.

So.... Listen to it.... Learn the head and learn the chords.

I made a few lessons up already. I play the melody (differently:wrong). I learned this tune years ago and it evolved into something else. You will hear it. It's subtle. I learned something from doing this lesson!

See if you can spot it when you hear my play it.

Getting into the last few etudes. This one has some really cool harmonic stuff. I tried to be mindful of the dynamics and phrasing, but I did intentionally leave out a ritardando in the middle section because I wasn't quite hearing it.

By Jake Chapman

Here is the video I shared at the vibe coffeehouse hang today.

This was my first time participating in a sound bath experience. This recording features three clips that I edited together from what was a much longer session in a tunnel in Prospect Park featuring flute, vibes, cello, and vocals with looping.

Feedback welcome - hopefully I will be doing this more! :)

Well his birthday was yesterday, but close enough.

Side note -- playing Monk tunes is a great way to work on your one-handed minor 2nd intervals.

Here is my solo vibes arrangement of Black Orpheus in c minor. More keys coming soon. Head/Solo/Head/Out

I tried to add some chords in my solo. I definitely need to practice that more.

I know we've all heard this tune a million times, but I tried to at least do something a little different with it. With Jake Lee on bass and Matthew Dobbins on drums.

Hello all!

I’m taking a little break from the “how to play vibes like” lessons and am doing a couple beginner-oriented ones on ending tunes, although I think everyone can probably get something from them. This lesson is really for anyone who has ever been on a gig or at a jam session where at the end you all just kind of fizzled out in an unsatisfying, anticlimactic way, and wants a better alternative for the future. It’s also for anyone who just wants more creative options to end tunes.