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This section will cover Giant Steps and ways to study and master the tune!

The other day, I heard a couple tunes on our local jazz station:

An arrangement of Burt Bacharach's "This Guy's In Love".

Victor Feldman and Bobby Hutcherson played on this album. I don't know who played on this song though.
http://www.emusic.com/album/Barney-Kessel-Barney-Kessel-Plays-For-Lover…

I bought a beautiful stick bag off of Danasud as he's known on the site.

That bag is beautiful!
Thanks Danasud!

Here is a simple exercise for brushing up on triads and also good for technique!

Step 1. Play any triad (ex. F)
Step 2. Take the 3rd of that triad and begin a new triad based off of that note!
Example: First triad is F then second triad is an A triad.
Step 3. Take the 3rd of the 2nd traid and build a triad off of that note.
Example: Second triad is A then 3rd triad is C#(Db).
Step 4. The next triad in the series would be the same as the first triad so you are back to the beginning! (ex. F) So just continue for another octave and then start a new triad!

Example:

Here are my two practice versions of Vince Guaraldi etude by TM.
The first one is a normal playing version, and the second one is an attempt to use the 2 hands separately.
I don't play the head entirely, I start improvising over the chords quite fast...
This is where I am today with this tune that I really enjoy playing... go ahead, tell me what you see/hear...I'm here to make pogress
1st take :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQERvVcLMA
2d take
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=YLg_-iE0-ew

This is a great lesson by Behn Gillece on some approaches to solo playing as well as voicings.

My First Vibes Gig - Jan. 11, 2009
(Amateur Night at the Mansion)
by BarryK

I've seen players put the sticks in some pretty weird positions to acheive difficult voicings. But actually you really never have to stand in any sort of weird way to accomplishing difficult voicings on the vibes. Here's a little PDF to check out with some photos and the positions.

In order to learn a blues, you'll have to get some sort of system to help you remember the notes as well as to help transpose them into different keys. There are a few different types of blues scales, however in this podcast we'll focus on the minor blues scales. In the key of F the notes would be: F Ab Bb B C Eb F.

Here's quick lick number 1. Gives you a way to use the left hand to accompany yourself over a fast moving lick.

Check the end of the lick when you hit the F chord. Just double up with your right hand to play a chord. That's a good concept/technique to get in your playing.

Quick Lick #1