Lesson

Kurt's thoughts on playing solo on the guitar definitely apply to the vibes. Especially some of the beginning comments.

Check out when he talks about how he works on voicings.

Here's your final for Satin Doll!

Play it! Come up with a simple version of the tune! Let us see what you've learned. You can post your version here.

To me there are several versions you can do.

head solo head.

For beginners head, chord tone solo, head

if you're more advanced, think about an intro and an ending

OK here's an etude for stride playing. A couple things to keep in mind. Put the pedal down on every and life it up on the eighth. when you play stride the quarter notes shouldn't be real quarter notes, they should have space in them. With this exercise you should be able for MOST of the etude to do exactly the same thing with the pedal on every beat and everything fits in.