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Frl.Rösler - Music for a detective novel
vibraman
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hey, i´m currently wrinting some music for a detecive novel that a friend has written. here´s just 1 simple theme i wrote and recorded with vibes & malletkat. Frl.Rösler dies as u can imagine... hope you like it!
7 years ago - 4 comments
TOTM - There Is No Greater Love - MEGA ETUDE
tonymiceli
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Here's a mega etude. Your job is to enter the chords and study each bar by writing all the alterations in. Is it aN F7b9? F713, F713#9. Look carefully at each bar and study the tune. Then play it. Memorize if you dare.
7 years ago - 4 comments
TOTM - There Is No Greater Love - Simple Chord Melody Video by Behn Gillece
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7 years ago - 2 comments
TOTM - All The Things You Are - Basic Voicings Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
behng
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7 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
Behn's McCoy Tyner Exercise No. 2 -V
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1 year 4 months ago - 0 comments
"Misty" by Errol Garner - Solo Vibraphone
ed saindon
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There was a period when I listened a lot to the great pianist Errol Garner. I loved Errol's sense of unpredictability, playfulness and overall adventure in his playing. Also, I loved his sense of relaxed and swinging time. His left hand…
7 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
INTRODUCTION - Learning tunes by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
okay, so her two weeks into the tune of the month. I'm curious as to your thoughts of what's happened so far, what's happening to you, and what you think of this process. I know for myself that just thinking about things changes my…
7 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
PIPER's Workroom 1
Piper
Content type: Blog entry
VibesWorkshop.com Piper’s Work Room (first post) Tony asked me to present my story along with a series relating to the vibraphone's various mechanical functions from both a player and a builder's perspective. The objective is to…
7 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
1975 Musser M55 bars - Fabulous!
Bill A
Content type: Forum topic
Hey folks, Getting old and running out money, so I've got to start thinning out my collection. These bars look and sound fabulous! If you're interested, send me an email and I'll send you some pics and we can discuss price. Thanks, Bill A…
7 years 1 month ago - 3 comments
Texas Hoedown for vibes and tenor saxophone
David Friedman
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Peter Weniger and I did a reading of the piece, originally for solo vibraphone. Basically Peter plays the melody and I try to leave out certain phrases that were written in the solo version to avoid too much information. This varies from…
7 years 1 month ago - 8 comments
I Thought About You
ed saindon
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One of my favorite songs - "I Thought About You". Many great versions of this song from vocalists and instrumentalists.
7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Behn's McCoy Tyner Exercise No. 1 -V
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1 year 4 months ago - 0 comments
Aesthetic Decisions for a Jazz Vibist #4 (Tempos and “odd meter” tunes)
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Blog entry
Should we play crazy tempos/odd meter tunes??? o What are the factors that go into this decision?  There is a tradition of moving jazz forward. Some meters and feels have been played to death and that would seem to indicate that the…
7 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
TOTM - Peace - Advanced Dampening Exercise by Behn Gillece
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7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Video performance for my daughter's BD
allyman
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I said I'd post this, so I am. :) This is going on my daughter's FB page as a little 'gift' for her birthday. Thank you David for the inspiration! And the writing... I wish I'd had more time for a 2nd take, haha. Not terribly satisfied but…
7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
First Video!
allyman
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I figured I'd try and record this from memory, despite only starting to memorize it a few days ago. Lots of little technical errors but the goal was to put up something displaying my level of technical competence at this point. My…
7 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
Problems with replacing damper felt
rogersvibes
Content type: Forum topic
I recently had to move my Musser M75 and decided to replace the damper felt while I had it broken down. Now that the new felt is on, I'm having problems getting the damper set properly. With the spring fully engaged there are notes in the…
7 years 1 month ago - 5 comments
M55 case repair around Philly
Randy_Sutin
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Big shout out to Joe's Shoe and Luggage repair on Huntington Pike right outside Philly. He went above and beyond to help fix up my old (1977) cases for my M55. He put on new handles, fixed up the straps, patched some holes up, and best of…
7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
"You Are My Sunshine" - Solo Vibes
ed saindon
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"You Are My Sunshine" - I love the piano trios with pianists like Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris and Monty Alexander. Straight ahead jazz with an easy and swingin' time feel. Also of course in this category would be the Ray Brown trios with…
7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Check this out! Stefan Harris
tonymiceli
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Check out the Beginning and also check it out at about 42 minutes.
7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
TOTM - Peace - Simple Dampening Exercise by Behn Gillece
behng
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7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
malletKat Pro - alternatives to Yamaha Motif XS?
rfrench5
Content type: Forum topic
Ok so I'm considering the MalletKat Pro. So the MalletKat company (AlternateMode) has units such as the Yamaha Motif XS as the sound module. My question is there any other option not sold or mentioned by AlternateMode, that malletheads are…
7 years 1 month ago - 4 comments
America the Beautiful
ed saindon
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Recorded this on the fly yesterday with the phone for Fourth of July 2018. With some reharm here and there. A beautiful and timeless song.
7 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
Phrasing Part 5 -Slur Effect - QDV by David Friedman -V
David Friedman
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1 year 3 months ago - 9 comments
Practicing the Blues
tonymiceli
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Here is a way to practice the blues. Be strict about it... You'll see. Chinese translation for Chinese students. 藍調音階，需要很重視語法（phrases），也就是怎樣組成個音階才像blues的語彙。 F blues scale: F Ab Bb B C Eb F 練習方法（in F key）： 先打F and C, 製造一個固定低音的聲響(set a pedal…
7 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
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