Hello to all fellow Vibeworkshoppers !

I'm currently undertaking a research masters in composition relating to the vibraphone and technology usage in composition / performance and am looking for participants. This involves answering a short questionnaire via email which will take no more than half an hour to complete. All information about the study and also the exact Questionnaire to answer is attached to this post as a pdf file for you to checkout. If you would like to participate please email me on davekemp@tpg.com.au so I can send you the Microsoft Word version for you to complete.

I wanna share this recording. I'm playing all percussion instruments, including the vibes, for this latin tune

Hey everyone!

I've been working hard on this TOTM, and it'd be really cool now to work on it with a virtual group. Tony wants to put together a FREE Skype lesson on harmony, but we need another two or three of you to make it happen. Who wants to jam with me???

Play your vibes!
Carolyn

I owned a really beautiful vintage Deagan marimba about 10 years ago and recorded a bunch of harpsichord music. The marimba played the right hand part and piano played the left hand part, basically turning solo pieces into duets. Some of them came out sounding pretty good.

This one is by G.F. Handel and is titled, oddly, The Harmonious Blacksmith! It is a theme and variations format, starting with a slow stately melody, and progressively getting a little faster and more difficult with each variation.

I altered my vibraphone in the way that I swapped the bars from C to E from front to back and the bars C# and D# from back to front.

So I get an unique playing surface where every interval has the same distance and every scale and chord follow the same pattern. The green stickers on some bars indicate the "black keys".

Here's a chorus, using different outlines.

A lesson on applying patterns to improvisation....specifically standards with ii-v-i changes. Refer to the pdf for a copy of the patterns.

Rusty

A lesson on 1-2-3-5 based patterns I use for technique building and warmups. Refer to the pdf for a copy of the patterns.

Rusty

I'm happy to announce that 'Mostly Marimba' just published two of my pieces:
'Whisper Magic' for solo vibraphone and 'Hortensia', a duo for vibes and bass.
Whisper Magic can be found on my latest recording 'Blue November'.
Hortensia will be released this Spring.

here is the link

http://www.mostlymarimba.com/books-a-recordings/music-books.html?page=s…

thank you