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15 week course lesson 3
superorganic
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OK, slowly crawling my way through the lessons.  Slow but steady wins the race, right?  :)Friedman 3 https://youtu.be/A5dHhQmdFYQ and Friedman 4 https://youtu.be/y0qv0KSj4P8Diminished chords open and closed https://youtu.be/…
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Play a Great Standard in 1 Month - Stella - Week 3 by Behn Gillece
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🎵 Play A Great Standard In One Month – Stella – Week 3Over the past two weeks, we've been developing our approach to "Stella By Starlight" through voicings and chord melody.Week 1 established our harmonic foundation, while Week 2 explored…
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Play A Great Standard in 1 Month - Stella - Week 2 by Behn Gillece
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🎵 Play A Great Standard In One Month – Stella – Week 2Last week, we began our study of "Stella By Starlight" by developing a practical set of voicings through the entire form.This week, we're taking those voicings and putting them into a…
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Simple blues solo
OW
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This is an exercise of blues solo. One chorus written using chord tones on the beats, and (mostly) blues scale and bebop dominant scale tones as passing notes.
2 months 3 weeks ago - 5 comments
Circle of Fourths w/ Maj 7 Min 7 and Dom 7 Chords
George
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Circle of 4ths with various chord types. 
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Friedman Dampening Etude 4
George
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Friedman 4
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Friedman Dampening Etude 3
George
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Friedman 3 slow
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Friedman Dampening Etude 2
George
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Friedman 2 slow
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Friedman Dampening Etude 1
George
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Friedman 1 slow tempo
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The VW Discord Server Is Growing Fast - Come Join!
tonymiceli
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Discord is a cool way to build a community. Come check it out. We have a couple days left on our first giveaway which happens to be a free lesson with me. Join our server and enter the giveaway! There will be more! https://…
1 week 4 days ago - 1 comments
Cleaning grime off old bars
DB354
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Hi all, First post here, though I've been aware of the site for a while. I'm looking for some advice on what I might use to (safely) clean the bars on an old Jenco I recently acquired as my secondary, at-home practice rig. It…
3 weeks 3 days ago - 2 comments
Play a Great Standard in 1 Month - Stella - Week 1 by Behn Gillece
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🎵 New Series Alert – Play A Great Standard In One Month!We've spent the last two series taking a deep dive into two of the most important forms in jazz:• Play A Great Blues In 3 Months• Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 MonthsThose 14-week…
2 weeks ago - 0 comments
Blues for Diahann - Art Farmer solo
OW
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Still working on the blues... This is a transcription of the beautiful solo of Art Farmer on Blues for Diahann (Milt Jackson -Bag's opus). Lot of space in it.I've a question about transcriptions : when do you consider you're done with a…
3 weeks 6 days ago - 4 comments
What mallets is Emil Richards holding in this classic photo?
vxla
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Does anyone know what brand/model of mallets Emil Richards is holding in this classic photo of him? Possibly original Albright's? Or Yamaha?
2 weeks 4 days ago - 0 comments
Play a Great Blues in 3 Months - Week 4 by Behn Gillece
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🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 4Up to this point, we’ve stayed in F and focused on building a strong foundation:• Clear guide tone movement• Controlled upper voice motion• Consistent Charleston rhythmThis week, we take a big step…
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Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 14 by Behn Gillece
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 14We've made it to Week 14 and the final lesson in our Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months series!Over the course of this series, we've worked through rhythm changes from a number of…
2 weeks 6 days ago - 0 comments
How much music does everyone here listen to?
Randy_Sutin
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When I was younger, I would spend hours with my sisters and my friends sitting around listening to records, sometimes the same record repeatedly for hours.   Sure, I would also spend a lot of time in a transcription mode, trying to…
1 month 2 weeks ago - 7 comments
Beginner questions
wolfereeno
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Hi - I'm a drummer (non professional) but can read drum music and have good technique. I'm really interested in learning vibraphone. Looks like I joined here as a free member 7 years ago. But lately I actually have time to…
2 years 3 months ago - 3 comments
Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 12 by Behn Gillece
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 12Over the past seven weeks, we've built a strong vocabulary for rhythm changes through guide tones, chord outlinings, scale motion, substitutions, and bebop language.This week, we introduce…
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Play a Great Rhythm Changes in 3 Months - Week 13 by Behn Gillece
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🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 13Last week, we moved rhythm changes from B♭ into F, beginning our work on taking the concepts from this series into different keys.This week, we're staying in F, but we're shifting our…
4 weeks ago - 0 comments
Benny Goodman and Terry Gibbs 1950
DrBobM55
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I didn't know that Terry Gibbs played with Benny Goodman. He's playing a Deagan Imperial, which was known for a great warm tone. I had one in high school that I bought for $290. The guy I bought it from was convinced it had only 2 1/2…
2 months 3 weeks ago - 1 comments
Is anyone home at Malletech?
jahall721
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I was interested in purchasing an OmegaVibe and had a couple questions that the dealers couldn't answer. I've called Malletech 12 times, tried all available extensions, left VM and email. No answers, no response. Makes me think…
1 month ago - 0 comments
Yet another mic to consider for recording the vibes well... the sE7
Randy_Sutin
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If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that I don't know all the options out there.  I continue to learn.   Here's a good one...I just did a live recording session for Imani Records here in Philly.  When I was…
1 month ago - 0 comments
malletkat midi sound source software
dustingetz
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Hello, I am looking to upgrade my malletkat sound and am looking into laptop midi setups so that I can use proprietary samples instead of the gigkat sound modules endorsed by Alternate Mode.Q1: What samples do you use? (Some appear to…
3 months ago - 7 comments
15 Week Vibe Course - Lesson 2
superorganic
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OK, so I'm getting a weekly lesson done every three weeks - what can I say, I'm old.  I move slowly.  :)Here's the Lesson 2 material:Friedman 1 and Friedman 2. Need to do more with dynamics on Friedman 1, but wanted to post what…
1 month ago - 0 comments
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