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Open Source Dampening and Pedaling Book

Welcome to the open source Dampening and Pedaling book.

This means you are welcome to all these etudes to practice. It will take time to build the book, so please be patient.

What you can do is practice all this material and pass it around. What you can't do is use it for profit in any way. That's fair right?

Have fun getting your dampening and pedaling together.

The Dampening and Pedaling Open Source Book

Welcome to the Dampening and Pedaling open source book.

This is book is created to help vibe players work on Dampening and Pedaling. The book is dedicated to the master of dampening and pedaling, David Friedman. David wrote the definitive book on dampening and pedaling.

Use this book as an extension to that book. I really recommend getting David's book.
You can get it here:
https://www.steveweissmusic.com/product/friedman-vibraphone-technique/m…

Oliver Mayman Plays and Records Every Friedman Dampening and Pedaling Etude

Oliver Mayman is an incredible up and coming vibe player. I know this because I teach him.

I gave him the challenge of putting the whole Friedman - Dampening and Pedaling book online and he is doing it!

If you are studying the book then use his versions as a reference they are all here (or will be soon).