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Past PAS article for vibists:

Sound Development and Four-Mallet Usage for Vibes

http://www.edsaindon.com/documents/pas_article.pdf

In the home studio tonight doing a little practicing and experimenting with a beautiful composition by the great Leonard Bernstein. Although the song is usually played as a straight 8th ballad, I'm having some fun seeing what happens playing it with more of an uptempo Brazilian feel. Another ballad that is also often played like this is the classic Body and Soul.

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Here are some solo techniques, thoughts and approaches related to my solo vibraphone clip of Paul McCartney’s "Yesterday" on my YouTube channel.

A gem of a song with a beautiful melody, lyrics and harmony written by Paul McCartney. I hadn't played this song in a longtime and started experimenting with it last week. The song plays itself. I worked out some harmonic variations on the piano before applying to the vibes.

Ceora has such an optimistic, joyous melody. It was a staple in my repertoire at the hundreds of solo gigs I did at local eateries here in the world class wine country north of San Francisco.

I'm sure this tune has been a TOTM at one time or another. It's one of those that you never get tired of and again and again.