Vibraphone

hey,
just to spread some good music. i play drums in this band. i think Zappa is the best...
hopefully there are not too many donald trump fans on the site :)

hope you enjoy it!
tarik

Hi vibes friend today i'd like to talk about my favorite scales for plaing over Dom 7th chords. I'm not a big fan of modes and scales in general because I tend to think about the tonal area when playing a song (especially simple standard song) but when I play over dom 7th chords and I want to express some tensions I use one of those scales:

1. Altered on C7alt (Melodic Minor starting from the 7th degree of the scale)
e.g. C altered scale is a Db melodic minor starting from C)

2. Symmetrical on C7b9 (Half tone, Whole Tone)

A little afternoon practice today on John Coltrane’s classic “Giant Steps”.

When working through this, it’s been difficult getting one solid run without missing at least 1 note. Threw in a ritardando at the end (I know it’s not written; to me it seemed appropriate to use there). Tried emulating this as a smooth and moving lullaby. Criticisms highly welcomed, and well appreciated

Some eXotic experiments on Softly. #latinjazz #vibraphone #jazz pic.twitter.com/XgJJSjh8MM

"The Theme from Schindler's List" - A beautiful melody from the great composer John Williams for the movie by Steven Spielberg. A very powerful movie with a brilliant score from John Williams with the lead beautifully played by the great violinist Itzhak Perlman.

A little snippet of this Sunday night’s practice session on the classic song “Samba de Orfeu" composed by the great Brazilian guitarist and composer Luiz Bonfa. He also composed another one of my favorite Brazilian songs titled “Manha de Carnaval” from the movie Black Orpheus.