Check out my list. What would you add to this? Put the amazon links below if you can.
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or add directly to it:
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books that a musician should read.
What is your biggest complaint about your instrument frame? What repairs have you been putting off because parts are too hard to find or too expensive to purchase? I've heard many complaints over the years and I want to offer solutions to all these problems. I'm not interested in cosmetic issues like chipping paint or color of the bars. I'm more interested in the sound of the instrument and performance of the frame. These are things I can help with. I want PIPERvibe.com to be the place everyone goes for upgrades, improvements, parts and repairs at a REASONABLE price.
My rendition of Etude #14 from Friedman's Dampening and Pedaling.
Here's an etude I recently composed for the vibraphone in F minor. It begins with arpeggios, switches to an expressive melody, then to a chorus section, and back to arpeggios. Four mallets and an understanding of pedaling required.
I've attached an .mp3 and a .pdf of the etude. The mp3 is *mostly* accurate.
I think of things like you guys do. I think of them all day long and I'm sure you guys do as well. I am preparing for the Team Omega workshop and I'm writing down all these notes and ideas.
So this is something I thoroughly believe and I'm thinking of having guys keep a journal during the workshop and write there thoughts and my thoughts in them as well as any one's thoughts and then think about them BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY act on them.
So you guys are my test subjects.
What does this mean?
How do you do it?
What is the outcome?
I have implemented the possibilities, that arise from the use of my 3D printer for new ideas on the vibraphone. The results are:
* Clip-on replacement flaps for all vibraphones
* Tunable resonance tube plugs with double spreading seal
* Flexible bearing housings to compensate for inaccuracies
I bought a little Musser small-bar style vibe to customize and make great. However, the model clearly states on the low F and on the serial number label that it's a Musser 48. I'm sure it was made before the M48 traveler vibe came into play and maybe before the M45 One Niter.
I've always wanted to see what I could do with one of these Musser small-bar vibraphones as a hobby. It's in great condition, fantastic sounding bars but the resonators need a little tuning for my liking.
Solo version of The Days of Wine and Roses in Ab.
I love watching people play the vibes.
Anrei is a great player of the instrument and does great stuff with the classical rep.
One thing I thought about was his fast single hand runs.
I'm trying to understand pros and cons. The pros are obvious the left hand is free to do stuff! That's big if you can play fast with one hand and phrase.
I think I can say if you play a lot of notes with one hand, then you have to get the height down a bit. You need to quickly move from note to note. That's just physics right? Time of travel and the shortest route?