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The Mancini Challenge

Here's the Mancini Challenge.

I have to learn these tunes for an online concert Sunday March 19 at 1pm. We're doing Mancini tunes. He writes a lot of slow and beautiful tunes. Here is a PDF of the tunes we are playing. You should check them out and listen to the originals online.

I have a fellow young musician who thought a couple were very corny. I like corny and Mancini's tunes are so beautiful to me.

Comping: Comping In Seconds

Chinese translation for Chinese students

伴奏comping的方式:

不是只能用轉位的方式,而是可以用音階是的方式,
這裡有一個練習方式:

左手:Root+5音,2音+3音
右手:solo

當你練越多時,會發現越多東西。
例如看到A, C, D,時,你可以放入F,聽起來可以是Cmajor 聲響。

演奏時嘗試演奏的好聽(musical),你會學到更多。

(Tony示範演奏Eb)

重要的是,在練琴的時候,訓練耳朵是重要的,而不是訓練記得音階的形狀(eyes)。
耳朵先練好之後,技巧跟其他東西都會一起慢慢變好。
先喜歡你打的聲音(music)比較重要,之後再慢慢了解並且學習它背後的理論

"I'm A Fool To Want You" - Solo Vibraphone

"I'm A Fool To Want You" - working today on this classic song written in 1951 by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf and Joel Herron. Using my Vic Firth M39 mallets on a Yamaha vibe. I'm pleased with the sound and feel of the new mallets. Enjoying the nuance and subtleties at a soft dynamic level while still sounding full. (My apology for the squeaky pedal. I'll have to bring some oil next time. :) )

Different Strokes: Working the Mallets Pt. 1

Chinese translation for Chinese students

最近這些系列的影片,都是我曾經非常努力練習的,是針對怎麼樣可以把這個樂器演奏得更好。


這一集要講的是四棒適當的運用,因為有些學生只會用到某些棒子,

時常提到演奏四分音符的重要性,你可以用這個方式練習(Tony示範Cmajor, Cminor)

練這個練習時,沒有嚴格的規定,只要把他打得好聽,盡量做音樂,不要當成一個無聊的練習。


這個練習很好幫助左手的兩棒技巧,因為運用左手兩支棒子時,聽起來會聽起來像Voicing。

在這個簡單小練習中,盡量嘗試發覺你自己的東西。一個Pattern或是一個音樂句子。

這非常幫助四棒演奏技巧。