Lesson

Learning from the records: transcriptions, analyses, and solos to steal from.

How the vibraphone itself works. Short track, and the natural starting point for a brand-new student.

Tony Miceli's deep dives on one tune at a time — history, versions, etude, and play-along.

Written pieces to work on: groove, ballads, bossa, and concert etudes.

Playing alone: chord melody, left-hand jabs, counterpoint, and full arrangements.

Chromaticism, enclosures, bebop and diminished language over the changes.

Accompanying a soloist, keeping time, and odd meters.

Tony Miceli's own course, kept whole. For the serious player: prerequisites are reading music in both clefs, scales and arpeggios, and some improvising experience. Lessons run 30 minutes or 1 hour; $70/hr for subscribers, $90/hr for non-subscribers; taken weekly, bi-weekly, tri-weekly, or monthly. Each lesson has a Lesson, Assignments, and Listening Assignment; students video their assignments and post them on the site.

One standard per month, voicings to chord melody.