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Violet (purple) colour. Issued as Good Vibes M-237 and MusserM237. I believe only the branding changed, but if anyone knows otherwise, please advise. Any condition.
10 months 2 weeks ago - 1 comments
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Behn Talks About Playing With Two Vibes Pt. 2
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Target Notes!
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Check out all the edits in this video! Just the idea of thinking about playing accurately messes me up! But target notes are important. Classical mallet players use them all the time. 
10 months 3 weeks ago - 1 comments
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I am selling my Musser M-75 vibraphone. $3,800.00 The gold bars are in excellent condition. It is a great sounding instrument. It's 20 to 25 years old and has been well cared for. I have refurbished it a bit with black paint, good…
1 year 3 months ago - 1 comments
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Hey Vibrafans, I'm working on a recording and I'm very excited about it! From my book Jazz Lines...free verse in the key of jazz, musician Steve Yeager and I have selected 15 of the poems and he has set them to music. I'll be creating a…
1 year 1 month ago - 1 comments
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Behn Talks About Playing With Two Vibes Pt. 1
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Here is a ii V I exercise that goes through all of the keys. It starts with ii = Cm9, V = F7, I = BbMaj9. Then, the next cycle takes the I to minor: Bbm9, Eb7, Abmaj9, etc. Attached are an MP3 generated by MuseScore 4, and corresponding…
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Modal Playing
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I think of modal playing as when you hang on one chord for a long time! 
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Modal
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Modal! 
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Here's an etude of two five ones!  I wrote in the chords but not the upper partials. You look and write in the upper partials. Play the chords and then play the solo. Is this helpful?  The rhythm is a brazilian comping rhythm I know and…
11 months ago - 1 comments
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I"m looking for 1 pair of the original Mike Balter 46R multicolored mallet with "Tony Miceli" engraved on the shaft. 
1 year 3 months ago - 15 comments
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In this exercise, as in with all the ones in the style, your job is to fill in the chords right, and all the other partials on the chord page, and then memorize the solo. Next play it over and over and over, make it work for you make a…
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Blue Bossa Trading Choruses
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Hey Folks,   I'm upgrading my gear and time to let go of my trustee Malletkat. I've gigged and toured with this Kat, but also had new pads put on her a few years back so it's still in good shape. I have a 2 octave express plus the…
2 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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Hi all, Dylan is a member of our VW community and he came over my house a few weeks ago to do some playing. Here's our version of Days of Wine and Roses. He sounds great and we always have a lot of fun playing two vibes!
5 months 1 week ago - 1 comments
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Blue Bossa Trading Chorus:    Friedman Etude #11: https://youtu.be/b0pOiG-O1BA  
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Hey everybody, I'm Jeremy and I'm beginning my studies as a vibraphonist. Tony told me to listen to Alone at Last andjot down my thoughts about it so that's what I did.    First off, Gary Burton grew up in Indiana and began his studies…
1 year 1 month ago - 2 comments
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Usually when I do solos, I make them really simple. Here's one where I just tried to play without thinking that this was for a lesson. I've included the keyboard part and the vibe solo part. Your job is to try and transcribe the solo and…
11 months ago - 0 comments
Shapes - Lesson
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Shapes are important for vibe players. Moving shapes around can be challenging partly because our instrument set up is a keyboard that is not symmetrical. Click here if you want to see a symmetrical keyboard! So we need to be able to move…
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This is funny. I recorded this when I first got Logic. The rain, applause and the thunder are samples, yes and the Dog barking and the birds. I wanted it to sound like i was in a cabin outdoors! And that great upright sound is a sample…
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