Here's Behn's First etude (of many I hope) for our site!
Right now I've posted a midi file, however, Behn is coming in soon to play it and talk about it. I'll replace the file when he records here.
This is a beautiful etude I think.
The Chief is a really nice tune Pat Metheny wrote and recorded on a CD called Reunion, with Gary Burton. I made this video clip for one of Tony's Vibe Hangs, and decided to post it here too.
I've included links to the Lead Sheet and an mp3 of the Piano Accompaniment to use to practice the tune.
Cheers!
Here is another great lesson by Hal Galper on Vocabulary!
TJ
MikeK added a link to this lesson. But it is really great so I thought I'd add it as an embedded video!
TJ
Following after Behn's footsteps. He just finished a lesson on Sus chords and used Maiden Voyage to play over.
So I thought I'd follow up with a couple other exercises to use on the tune Maiden Voyage.
(Did I post this already? I don't think so.)
Playing beautiful 3 and 4 mallet chordal rolls is a goal all vibes and marimba players should work toward. Yes, vibes players mostly use the pedal to sustain notes, but sometimes using a roll is better. Here is a simple, easy to learn method you can use to play really nice rolls for 3 and 4 part chords. The trick is to have each mallet strike the bar at a different time, creating smooth legato sound.
Interesting because we've been talking about playing solo.
Denny is also a psychiatrist and a great pianist. He wrote the tune in the Real Book 'Quiet Now'.
Terry emailed me and ask me to post this comment he has:
Hi Tony,
Once again I got a thought and don't know how to post it so I will do it through you. I was looking at the video of the subject "Using bebop Dominant over suspended chords"
Here's a great video from a new site we'll be launching very soon. It's over at www.worlddrum.studymusiconline.com. Todd Isler is the instructor, he's a great percussionist and drummer.
He has a book out in our store called 'You Can Ta Ka Di Mi This'. The book is here: www.store.studymusiconline.com/you-can-ta-ka-di-mi-improve-and-expand-y…
Here's a great video on the book by Todd.