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Gene Estes - The Greatest Stereo Vbraphone Recording In History
tonymiceli
Content type: Images
Who is Gene Estes? I saw this title of his record and knew nothing about him and just thought I'd buy it for the arrogance of his title. I've started to listen to it and man he sounds good so far! Serious cat! Do you guys know about him…
5 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Can You Do This? - Divide the Octave into 3 Parts
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
I've told this story a million times. So sorry if you heard it before. When my 1st wife was pregnant she came home and said so many woman were pregnant at the save time. I said I bet it's not any more than usual however you are pregnant…
5 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Bebop Over Blues
Piper
Content type: Story
5 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Gentle Rain (leather mallet dialogue)
Jerry Leake
Content type: Video Embed
A beautiful bossa composed by Luiz Bonfá, featuring my newly designed leather mallets. The leather head has a different sound and response, built with dowel sticks that are light and versatile to freely travel the instrument. I’m hoping…
5 years 11 months ago - 8 comments
Bar cord tension
Jenzz
Content type: Forum topic
Hi .-) I got a used Adams VSWV31 Soloist vibe and it sounds great (...and yeah, all bars are in tune !). Because the bar cords were very worn out, i got a new set... Which leads me to the question if there is any advice on setting a proper…
5 years 11 months ago - 20 comments
Taking RogersVibes Suggestions: All The Things You Are
allyman
Content type: Video Embed
Thanks Tristan, for the tips. I played around with them today. I play the head and then twice through the tune with quarters. My goals for this practice: *Simplify the accompaniment. *Easy on the pedal. *Stick to ONLY quarter notes on the…
5 years 11 months ago - 9 comments
Chi Chi
tonymiceli
Content type: Video Upload
I talk a little about the Bird blues changes. I always thought of them as a rebellion to the blues. It's harder to play the blues over them and it forces you to really play through the changes.
5 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Piper Musser - pedal disconnected
Mary-Marie
Content type: Forum topic
This week I've been playing a Piper Musser at one of the local community colleges, and a couple days ago the pedal fell complete off... with no apparent way to get it reattached. From what I know at this point, the bolt was cemented in,…
5 years 11 months ago - 15 comments
Practice Club: Lesson 1 - "A Great Melody to Learn" - Slower Tempo
allyman
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5 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Practice Club: Lesson 1 - "A Great Melody to Learn"
allyman
Content type: Video Embed
I downloaded a lead sheet last night and started learning this. This morning I've been trying to learn/practice it in different tempos; I'll upload two of those tempos here. While it was fairly quick to learn, the challenge for me is the…
5 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
440 vs 442
Mary-Marie
Content type: Forum topic
I ordered 442 tuning for my vibes when I bought my OneVibe from MarimbaOne last year. I understood that 442 was the American standard because vibes and marimba are categorized as orchestral instruments. But what about JAZZ tuning with…
5 years 11 months ago - 20 comments
A Great Melody to Work on! -V
tonymiceli
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1 year 2 months ago - 2 comments
All The Things - Chord Tone Soloing by Ed Saindon -V
ed saindon
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Hey guys, I hope All The Things is still TOTM. Here are a few choruses on All The Things using chord tones. I think it's important to be able to improvise with strictly chord tones and try to make it sound as musical as possible. It's not…
1 year 2 months ago - 3 comments
Green Dolphin Street
spart456
Content type: Audio Player
I just bought a Focusrite Scarlett 2i today so I thought I would take it for a spin. Mic is a Sennheiser E614 (only one right now). Really trying to to play within the chord scales like Tony mentioned to me in a lesson a couple of weeks…
5 years 11 months ago - 5 comments
I'll never write a song
Silas
Content type: Blog entry
Posting for Tony. Something I recorded last November.
5 years 11 months ago - 3 comments
3Ways To Practice Improvisation
giovanniperin
Content type: Video Embed
Hi vibes lovers today i'll talk about 3 ways to practice improvisation. Thanks a lot and remember to follow me on Facebook Istagram and Youtube! for more info: www.giovanniperin.com
5 years 11 months ago - 4 comments
Line Development - Adding Chromatic Notes Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece
behng
Content type: Audio Player
5 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
The Balafon
tonymiceli
Content type: Book page
I think we can learn a lot about the vibraphone from the Balifon!
5 years 11 months ago - 0 comments
Good Vibes Radio Update July 2019
gloria krolak
Content type: Event
Hi All, Check out the new edition of Good Vibes at my website, www.gloriajazz.com. It airs Sunday July 7 at 8p eastern, www.wwfm.org and locally in Trenton and Toms River areas on the radio at 89.1 HD2. The re-air is Wednesday, July 10…
6 years ago - 0 comments
Creating a Solo with Tension Resolution - "All The Things You Are"
ed saindon
Content type: Story
Here's an improvisational technique of creating a solo based upon the use of tension resolution. This excerpt (pages 68-71) from The Complete Guide To Improvisation showcases a step by step process of creating a solo on the standard "All…
6 years ago - 8 comments
Here's another: All The Things You Are
allyman
Content type: Video Embed
Figured I'd post one more tune I have been working on the last few days...where I am using or hoping to use, the same basic approach I did with the last tune i posted earlier (There'll never be another you) - trying to play the tune in…
6 years ago - 5 comments
Line Development - Adding Chromatic Notes Pt. 3 by Behn Gillece
behng
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6 years ago - 0 comments
For Those of You Who Don't Know :-/
tonymiceli
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6 years ago - 1 comments
TOTM - Have You Met Miss Jones - Chord Guide
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
So here's the deal: I'm always trying to find ways for people to learn stuff. Handing someone all the information works, however, I think giving some and making someone look and search is the best way to learn. With this pdf, I have my…
6 years ago - 6 comments
On Green Dolphin Street - Improvising with Pentatonic Scales
ed saindon
Content type: Video Embed
I had previously posted on this topic via a clip that demonstrated the concept on piano. I'm using the same Pentatonic scales in this clip from Saturday night's gig with Mark. To view and download the Pentatonics being used for the…
6 years ago - 3 comments
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