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I'm sharing a video recording from a live session back in December 2025 featuring my new Nonet project. It features myself on vibraphone and the Colombian marimba de chonta, alongside some outstanding…
🎵 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 8: Applying Scale & Chord Outlining to Tunes – “Minority”In Part 8, we take the scale and chord outlining concepts from the previous lessons and apply them directly to a jazz standard: Minority by Gigi…
Hi Tony, Hi all,As you advised, I worked on memorizing chord changes of the standards and on altered stuff.Here are some atempts on different tunes :Blue bossa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIv-N0UhkYYSomeday my prince will come :…
🎵 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 7: Scale & Chord Outlining CombinationsIn Part 7, we combine two essential approaches to line construction: scale-based motion and chord outlining. These exercises move through ii–V progressions in…
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In my first post here on Vibesworkshop.com, I introduced some "Controlled Articular Rotations" and also some Progressive and Regressive Angular Isometric Loading (Pails/Rails) to address wrist/arm/shoulder passive flexibility…
I work for a non profit called Global Academy For Inspirational Arts (GAIA). We work with music students in Costa Rica. I had to make a tutorial on the modes and thought maybe some of you would find it useful. Everything you need is…
🎯 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 6: ii–V Outlining VariantsIn Part 6 of Harmony Without Chords, we expand on previous ii–V concepts by focusing on clear chord outlining and upper extensions over dominant chords, all while continuing the…
This is another recording of an etude that I got a few months ago that I haven’t gotten around to posting. In this one I have a slight rush that I think was causing some issues when I got to the later sections of this piece, on top of a…
Here’s a recording I got of Friedman #9 I got back in October that I haven’t gotten around to posting until now. Looking back on this recording I thought it came out really well, though the biggest thing I would change now is just giving…
Looking for vibraphone with an E below middle C.
I remember Gary Burton talking about Musser experimenting with an extended range vibraphone .
Also I know Vanderplas made some.
The 4 octave Bergerault is too much (range and price!)
🎵 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 5Resolving ii–V’s in Descending Whole StepsIn Part 5, we take the ii–V ideas from the previous lessons and fully resolve each ii–V to its I chord, moving through the exercise in descending whole steps. This…
I am on the cd label Steeplechase now and I have become buddies with the owner. We are having amazing talks about his recordings that go back to 1972. Lately it's been of Walt Dickerson. He sent me this picture of Walt from his solo…
🚨 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 4: Adding the ii ChordIn Part 4, we expand the harmonic framework by introducing the ii chord before each dominant, turning the previous dominant-focused ideas into full ii–V motion. This adds harmonic depth…
gloria krolak 27 December 2025Hey Everyone,In case you haven't heard, Chuck Redd, an extraordinary vibraphonist/drummer from the Baltimore area, has taken a very strong stand against the illegal renaming of The Kennedy Center. As…
What with buying mallets online and given the wide variety available (Steve Weiss lists 200 vibe mallets) and the expense, I find it difficult to know what to choose. I see some reviews posted on the Weiss site about shafts being too long…
Here's a very important exercise to help with chord voicings. Don't skimp on this one. Spend months on this!!
Chienese translation for Chinese Students
開離密集和弦練習(open and closed voicing)
好處：幫助你暢通無阻的演奏各種不同轉位的和聲配置(voicing)
因為練習那些位置上，…
🚨 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 3: Chromatic Approaches with Dominant AlterationsIn Part 3, we continue working with chromatic approaches to the 3rds and 7ths of dominant chords, but with an important addition: altered tones introduced in…
I think, I heard Gary Burton at the vibe hang talking that he had once cracked bars.I got 4 cracked bars from a vibe player who mostly used the old allbright mallets and he likes to play with a lot of dynamic.On my website I have fotos of…
Hey guys, in this lesson I introduced a new thing - chromatic approach note from above So whenever you practice intervals, triads, 7th chords, you can add the approach notes either above the target or below the target. DM me for…
🚨 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 2: Chromatic Approaches to 3rds and 7thsPart 2 expands on the guide-tone focus from Part 1 by introducing chromatic approach notes to the 3rds and 7ths of dominant chords. While the targets remain the same,…
