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Thanks Tristan, for the tips. I played around with them today. I play the head and then twice through the tune with quarters. My goals for this practice: *Simplify the accompaniment. *Easy on the pedal. *Stick to ONLY quarter notes on the…
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Chi Chi
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I talk a little about the Bird blues changes. I always thought of them as a rebellion to the blues. It's harder to play the blues over them and it forces you to really play through the changes.
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This week I've been playing a Piper Musser at one of the local community colleges, and a couple days ago the pedal fell complete off... with no apparent way to get it reattached. From what I know at this point, the bolt was cemented in,…
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I downloaded a lead sheet last night and started learning this. This morning I've been trying to learn/practice it in different tempos; I'll upload two of those tempos here. While it was fairly quick to learn, the challenge for me is the…
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440 vs 442
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I ordered 442 tuning for my vibes when I bought my OneVibe from MarimbaOne last year. I understood that 442 was the American standard because vibes and marimba are categorized as orchestral instruments. But what about JAZZ tuning with…
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Hey guys, I hope All The Things is still TOTM. Here are a few choruses on All The Things using chord tones. I think it's important to be able to improvise with strictly chord tones and try to make it sound as musical as possible. It's not…
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I just bought a Focusrite Scarlett 2i today so I thought I would take it for a spin. Mic is a Sennheiser E614 (only one right now). Really trying to to play within the chord scales like Tony mentioned to me in a lesson a couple of weeks…
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Posting for Tony. Something I recorded last November.
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Hi vibes lovers today i'll talk about 3 ways to practice improvisation. Thanks a lot and remember to follow me on Facebook Istagram and Youtube! for more info: www.giovanniperin.com
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The Balafon
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I think we can learn a lot about the vibraphone from the Balifon!
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Hi All, Check out the new edition of Good Vibes at my website, www.gloriajazz.com. It airs Sunday July 7 at 8p eastern, www.wwfm.org and locally in Trenton and Toms River areas on the radio at 89.1 HD2. The re-air is Wednesday, July 10…
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Here's an improvisational technique of creating a solo based upon the use of tension resolution. This excerpt (pages 68-71) from The Complete Guide To Improvisation showcases a step by step process of creating a solo on the standard "All…
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Figured I'd post one more tune I have been working on the last few days...where I am using or hoping to use, the same basic approach I did with the last tune i posted earlier (There'll never be another you) - trying to play the tune in…
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So here's the deal: I'm always trying to find ways for people to learn stuff. Handing someone all the information works, however, I think giving some and making someone look and search is the best way to learn. With this pdf, I have my…
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I had previously posted on this topic via a clip that demonstrated the concept on piano. I'm using the same Pentatonic scales in this clip from Saturday night's gig with Mark. To view and download the Pentatonics being used for the…
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Just kind of went off on some ideas I have :-)
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Read the pdf for all the information. Using licks to learn vocabulary and to practice moving harmony around in different keys is great! Take all your licks and move them around! Find variations of them as well. Then you won't be a copy…
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