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Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 5 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Tune Deep Dive: “Wave” – Pt. 5: Scale and Arpeggio Options 🚨In Part 5, we focus on outlining Wave with scale and arpeggio shapes. Each chord in the A section is approached with either a diatonic arpeggio, a scale fragment, or a tension…
1 month ago - 0 comments
The Art Of Practicing
tonymiceli
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We had a great talk at our coffee hang last sunday. We talked about practicing.One of the partipants Richard Schwagerl sent over some interesting docs he uses and created for teaching. Here they are. 2 docs didn't come over well, I'll add…
1 month 1 week ago - 2 comments
The Art Of Practicing - Vibe Coffee Hang 2025
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This was a nice discussion about Practicing. 
1 month 1 week ago - 0 comments
An Interesting Way To Study Harmony
tonymiceli
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See if you can grasp this. It's a simple way to work on progressions. 
1 month 1 week ago - 0 comments
Dave Samuels and Lyle Mays
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THIS IS SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL. Take the time to listen to this! 
2 months ago - 3 comments
Practicing - An AI Guide to Practicing
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1 month 1 week ago - 0 comments
Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Tune Deep Dive: “Wave” – Pt. 4: Chord Voicing Variations 🚨In Part 4, we explore different ways to add motion and color to your chord voicings throughout Wave. Small shifts—like alternating between a major 7th and a 6th, or sliding inner…
1 month 1 week ago - 0 comments
Decoding Musser Serialnumber
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My MUSSER M 55 G has the serial number HT 1381. The Label says MUSSER DIV OF CONN-SELMER, INC. ELKHART, IN 46516. When was it manufactured?
1 month 4 weeks ago - 1 comments
Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 3 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Tune Deep Dive: “Wave” – Pt. 3: Comping Rhythm Variations in the Intro 🚨In Part 3, we continue working with the intro vamp (Dm7–G7) of Wave, this time focusing on comping rhythm variations. Instead of just outlining the harmony, we’ll…
1 month 2 weeks ago - 0 comments
Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Tune Deep Dive: “Wave” – Pt. 2: Guide Tone Movement in the Intro 🚨In Part 2, we dig into the intro vamp of Wave (Dm7–G7) and explore guide tone movement. This exercise builds from a single voice to two, three, and finally four voices,…
1 month 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Wave - Behn Gillece
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Behn talks about the Jobim classic Wave
1 month 4 weeks ago - 0 comments
3D Printed Resonant Tubes
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The procurement and bending of aluminum has become increasingly expensive in recent years. Therefore, I decided to make another folding frame for my M55 bar set, this time using mostly 3D-printed components.During my tests, I found that…
2 months ago - 5 comments
Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 New Tune Deep Dive Series! 🚨Pt. 1: “Wave” – Establishing Form & GrooveWe’re kicking off a brand-new Tune Deep Dive with Antônio Carlos Jobim’s Wave—a bossa nova classic that’s as groovy as it is deceptively tricky. This tune has a 44…
2 months ago - 0 comments
Lionel Hampton recording of Stardust
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Today, during the vibe hang with Mike Mainieri, we were discussing Lionel Hampton's solo on Stardust.   Mike was absolutely correct that Lioniel barely touched the damper pedal throughout, playing the instrument as if it were a drum.…
2 months ago - 1 comments
Mike Mainieri - Coffee Hang and Detailed Career History
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Charlie Shoemake
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Charlie is a great vibe player from California. This is a great cd with an allstar personnel. 
2 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
Love Vibe For Sale With Cases. -pro
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Love Vibe For Sale. I'm helping a friend sell his instrument. It's a Love Vibe and it's in good shape. You can email me, if you are interested (tony@tonymiceli.com). The instrument is Near Philadelphia in New Jersey. Cash Only, and you…
2 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
August 2025 Philly Workshop Notes
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Notes for the Aug 2025 WorkshopEach year I think I do things a little differently at the workshops. At least in my mind it seems that way. Or maybe it's just I have a different attitude coming into each workshop each year.I think this year…
3 months 1 week ago - 8 comments
Beginner's Series - Soloing Through The Changes Pt. 8 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Soloing Through the Changes Pt. 8 – Soloing with the Altered ScaleIn Part 8, we explore the altered scale (seventh mode of melodic minor) as a way to create tension over dominant chords before resolving back to the tonic or next chord.…
2 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
Stan Gets - Gary Burton - London School Of Economics
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This is a video many of us have probably seen, this version is colorized which is cool. For me they play one of my most favorite songs 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'. Also the third song they play is one of Gary's and I love…
3 months ago - 9 comments
Mallet Characteristics
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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…
2 months 2 weeks ago - 4 comments
Beginner's Series - Soloing Through The Changes Pt. 7 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Soloing Through the Changes Pt. 7 – Soloing with the Diminished ScaleIn Part 7, we explore the half-whole diminished scale as a tool for soloing over dominant chords in the blues. This symmetrical scale creates tension and color that can…
2 months 2 weeks ago - 0 comments
Beginner's Series - Soloing Through The Changes Pt. 6 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Soloing Through the Changes Pt. 6 – Bebop Scale Variants on the BluesIn Part 6, we continue exploring scale-based soloing over the blues in F, this time using bebop dominant scale variants enriched with added chromatic passing tones.…
2 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
Bernard Maseli And His Malletkat
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He is the man on the Malletkat IMHO! 
2 months 4 weeks ago - 1 comments
Beginner's Series - Soloing Through The Changes Pt. 5 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Soloing Through the Changes Pt. 5 – Scale-Based Soloing: Bebop Dominant & Diminished ScalesIn Part 5, we shift our focus from arpeggios to scale-based soloing, using the bebop dominant scale as a framework for outlining harmony with…
2 months 4 weeks ago - 0 comments
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