We just heard Alice Mc Leod-Coltrane on some of Terry Gibbs special tracks here. I was just wondering... We've heard that she, among piano, harp, organ, also played the vibes... But there are nearly no information on that part of her career. Who said she was great at this instrument too? Bruce was that you?

So I was just wonder, Mr Gibbs, I'm sure you could help us and make her memory live again here... Would you like to share your souvenirs of Alice with us? That would be so great!!

- Marie

This part I focus on using one upper structure triad and mixing it with the 4 notes of the dominant 7 chord to create a melodic fragment.

I will use the key of C as an example in parenthesis.
In summary, we are using a Maj Triad built off of the 6th scale degree of a V7 chord that leads to I. This could be the V7 of a ii-V7-I. (D-7 G7 Cmaj)
The idea to make the melodic fragment is to use the 4 notes of the V7.
I III V VII (G, B, D, F) and mix them with the notes of a Maj triad built off of the 6th scale degree of the V7(G7). So an Emaj triad. E, G#, B.

These are some pics of Marimba and vibes I took at the Frankfurt Fair recently some cool stuff here enjoy

Check out Terry playing on rhythm changes. Pretty smokin' huh??

Check out Terry and Alice Coltrane. Who does Alice Coltrane sound like?? I won't give my impression yet.

This is totally swinging stuff!

Terry gave me permission to post this.

After you know the chords and the melody what are some ways of assembling tunes?

I believe that without a foundation with the tune, it's going to be hard to 'tame' it. Even though I don't always practice what I preach, knowing the melody and practicing it is a great way to begin this process. I think we can get a lot out of playing the melody over and over. I think most of us (including me) don't put enough time into the process.

Check Out Mike!! Great playing.

Check out Behn Gillece! He's a great vibes player!

A Train Lesson 2.

I made a mistake on the bridge. I left out one or 2 chords depending on how you look at it. I decided to leave the lesson as is and let you guys figure out what's missing. The lesson still works but I the chord I left out, that is didn't mention verbally is a pretty important chord. Let's see if you can figure it out. The clue is it's on the bridge somewhere.

Check out the lesson.

This is for Barry! Here's a slow mo' of 4 in 1 with a really nice stick drop at the end. (Inside joke for long time, vibesworkshop members).

Maybe this will be of some help with the etude.

I left the sticks after the throw up there for all to examine. You see I can tell the future by how the sticks fall onto the vibes. And I see a lot of good vibe playing in the future for everyone based on that throw.