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An Example of a Simple Chord Tone Solo Over Green Dolphin Street
tonymiceli
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Check out the referenced post listed below. It's an audio file of a chord solo over Green Dolphin Street. It's about as simple as you can get. It will help you learn the chords and move around the instrument.
15 years ago - 0 comments
Gary Burton
tonymiceli
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Gary Burton Home Page
15 years ago - 0 comments
Claire Omar Musser by Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Content type: Blog entry
I may not be the greatest expert on the biography of Claire Musser, founder of the company that bears his name and that dominates in the mallet instrument field. However, I have played Musser instruments since I was six years old (this is…
12 years 3 months ago - 9 comments
Gary Burton at Age 8
Gary Burton
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Here's the Burton grip and the Gary at age 8. What's amazing is if you read his story about how he thought about his grip, well that's cool enough. However, he thought about this all at age 8. Now that's brain power. -Tony Miceli
12 years 3 months ago - 1 comments
Giant Steps on a big wooden thing
Steve Shapiro
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Oh no! Not more Giant Steps! Thought I would test drive the new video system with this link from You Tube. Peace, Steve
14 years 10 months ago - 2 comments
How to Become a Member of the Site
tonymiceli
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Here's a tour of the site!
15 years ago - 0 comments
Sign Up Now in 2 Easy Steps
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2 Easy steps: Become a member, check out the site and then subscribe!
15 years ago - 0 comments
Tips for Private Students Posting Material
tonymiceli
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It's fairly simple for private students to post lessons for me to review. Check out this video.
15 years ago - 0 comments
The Modes In Detail - Locrian
tonymiceli
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Locrian the crazy scale! The 7th scale degree of the major scale. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese translation for Chinese students 如果拿Locrian 音階和大調（major）音階來比較，Locrian音階多了降2降3降5降6降7音。 因為沒有完全五度…
6 years 10 months ago - 0 comments
Splitting the Octave in Half
tonymiceli
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A tritone splits the octave in half. A very common sound are major triads between the tritone split. In other words, F maj and then B maj. This lesson talks about that relationship.
15 years ago - 0 comments
Vanderplas Baileo EVibe and Midi System
tjaco
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Joe Locke talkes to Nico about an exciting new development at the Vanderplas Baileo factory. They are designing an all new midi system for the Mvibe as well as for acoustic vibraphones!
15 years ago - 0 comments
Consistency
tonymiceli
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A little pep talk about consistency. Maybe valuable, maybe not!
15 years ago - 0 comments
Minor Blues Etude by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Here's a fairly simple etude based on a minor blues. There's no dampening in this etude necessary. Also the pedaling should be straight forward. Pedal slightly on the beat for the single line part and then with the chords for the double…
15 years ago - 4 comments
Lesson On Dampening
tonymiceli
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Here's a lesson from a Percussion Geeks Episode on dampening. I think you'll find it pretty helpful.
15 years ago - 0 comments
Diane Monroe Quartet - Another Version of Irish Monk
tonymiceli
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I've posted Diane playing this same tune on the site. However I'm getting some promo vids for us together and I thought I'd post this. More coming.
15 years ago - 5 comments
The Good, The Bad and the Challenges Ahead
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Anyone hanging around the site has seen all the changes and the growth of the site! It's really incredible what's happening. Probably the most exciting thing for us is Gary Burton joining the site and sharing with us thoughts on playing,…
15 years ago - 0 comments
Kind of Cute
tonymiceli
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David Friedman sent me this. - Thought you might like this. It says! "Music makes you happy" and down on the right, "Housework, as well". Maybe Marie would get a kick out of it!.
15 years ago - 3 comments
Joe Locke's Solo on Giant Steps from the album "Longing"
DanaSud
Content type: Story
This is from the album "Longing". If you don't have this CD you got to buy it. Joe doubles the sound of the vibes through midi on this track. It kills!
12 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
Going to see Chick play tonight
Gary Burton
Content type: Blog entry
I don't know if this is such a big topic, but it's one I always find interesting when the situation occurs. I think no matter how long you have been performing, there are still moments when you can get psyched out by seeing someone you…
15 years ago - 3 comments
Lullaby of the Leaves
tonymiceli
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Just playing over Lullaby of the leaves for a student.
15 years ago - 0 comments
Tyrone Brown Trio w/Craig McIver on Vibes
Randy_Sutin
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Here's on of the latest clips from Tyrone's trio on Bob Miles' show, "Miles on Music". It features Craig McIver playing his tune "The McCoy" on vibes. There is some idiot playing drums on this take... no idea who that is. :) Peace randy
15 years ago - 15 comments
If You're a Member Now You Can Subscribe to the Site. Here's How.
tonymiceli
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15 years ago - 0 comments
A Serious Look at Recording the Vibes
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I've been talking with Randy Sutin about recording the vibes. Randy has hooked up with a great recording engineer here in the philly area. He's going to do an in depth look at different ways of recording the vibes. It looks like we're…
15 years ago - 16 comments
conversation with Clark Terry
tmackay
Content type: Blog entry
in 1995 the college i briefly taught at brought in Clark Terry to play for a jazz festival. I was the guy picked to pick him up a the Airport in Chicago.. what an adventure. the college was a couple hours from chicago and i had never…
15 years ago - 0 comments
Beginners stuff
Stefan74
Content type: Blog entry
Dear all! Like always I have been closely following what is going on on the site and I enjoyed many many things! Tony and all of you are doing an excellent job! But one thing that kind of bothers me is that there is not so much material…
15 years ago - 12 comments
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