🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 13Over the last few weeks, we’ve been combining blues melodies with chord voicings and moving toward a fuller chord melody approach.This week, we use a very simple melody:👉 “C Jam Blues”Because the…
This is a new group I'm part of. I think it's very cool. A unique instrumentation and all the string players are really top notch! We recently played at the Wells Rapp Center For Mallet Research. (AN AMAZING PLACE THAT YOU MUST VISIT…
this is my stuff. Those of you who have been on the site for a long time, have heard some of this before. It has to sound like the song when you solo. That means you know the changes or have AMAZING ears.
My mantra is 'Does it Sound LIKE THE SONG". If you remember that you have to make it sound like the song first and foremost then all your practicing is with that in mind.
David is stellar vibraphonist that resides in Paris, France. He's really a special player. He did a few lessons for us!This lesson talks about a unique way to pedal a bossa and play a solo. It's cool! And short. You will get it right away.
🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 12Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working with blues melodies and combining them with chord voicings—moving toward a more complete, chord melody approach.This week, we introduce a new tune:👉 “…
'We had a great vibe coffee hang with Gary! '
We talked about a lot interested things. Had some great questions!!!
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🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 11Last week, we started working with a real tune—“Bag’s Groove”—combining the melody with chord voicings in the spaces.This week, we take that idea a step further.👉 We move toward a more chord melody…
🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 6So far, we’ve been developing lines using guide tones—focusing on 3rds and 7ths to clearly outline the harmony.This week, we take that idea one step further.👉 Instead of creating lines from scratch…
I've kept this going most of my adult life. Just putting ideas of the vibraphone in a mind map. If you don't know what mind maps are, look them up, they are cool!
I use this a lot when I'm teaching. You probably will have to download…
🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 10Up to this point, we’ve been building a blues vocabulary through:• Guide tones• Chromaticism• Augmented, diminished, and whole tone sounds• Full chorus line studiesThis week, we shift into…
Look at this? It's Eb maj 7 rootless. hit the root and the first closed position then go up the scale one note back and down one note.first position open, up one down onesecond position closed then open up and down 1third position…
These are individual tracks each of one note on the vibraphone.
Download this. Put it on your phone like a CD.
Play the "album", set it to shuffle. Play a note, stop it. Find it on your instrument. Eventually You'll be able to let it…
Tony's "blues super pack" transcription transposed in C.Here's the original in F : https://www.vibesworkshop.com/video-embed/blues-super-pack-transcriptio…
