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I was playing minor arpeggios and heard Chopin Valse, so I started fooling around with it in Cm (which was the arpeggio I was working on). I later dug out the music and found it was in C#m, so I had to relearn it. I am trying to work out a musically satisfying arrangement for the vibes.

This video is in 3 parts containing some sketches of the arrangements with 2 mallets. Eventually I want to get to use 4 mallets.

The first video is the A part in Cm. The second video is the A part in C#m. The third video is the B part in C#m.

You all know that Joe Locke is on board. I think we have a great faculty. Lots of lessons are going up. In fact so much stuff is going up, we're trying to reorganize everything! So you'll see changes!

Patty talks about the Steven's Grip, how to use it and why she likes it!

Patty Franceschi plays Etude 27 from Dave Friedman's Book Dampening and Pedaling. This is a must get book for all vibes players!!!

I'm reminded of that Zen story about the grasshopper that keeps jumping half the distance to his destination and never gets to where he's going.

We're so close with this site, the increments are getting tiny now and I'm dying to get to the finish line. I can see it though.

Our launch date is August 1st. I think we'll beat it by a few days. So keep an eye out!

Check out this lesson plan. Check out the simple solo and the scales. Then lets talk.

can you do a chord tone solo easily on this tune?
can you play the chords with 4 mallets?
is it memorized?

we should meet online when i get back from canada.

Bluesette is a great tune to study because of all the ii Vs. This is one of those tunes that is you really work hard on it, you're practicing many other tunes since they'll have similar changes.

Musicians usually play it in either Bb or G, so at the very least you should work on it in at least those keys. Here are a some different things to help you study Bluesette.