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I'll put all the parts here. I am going to redo all this and do it as a video. But I wanted to pass it on asap. I did this in less than 30 minutes. I just did it with a student and thought it's pretty cool so I'll pass it on. You will see…
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I always listen to other instruments play solo. It teaches you how to accompany yourself. The different ways. Our model is usually the piano which I think is not the best model for us. I like the guitar especially. That being said, it's…
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Stardust - Revisiting this classic composed by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Here's one of the versions that I came up with today while doing a little practicing at home. Throughout the clip, I incorporated some voicings…
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OK guys post your stuff here. post in the comment section. You will see a button that says "Add New Comments" put it there and attach files. MP3s for audio please. if you click on one button that says "Add New Comments" and that doesn't…
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Thanks to Pax for finding this!
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I think we have a picture of Paul Mcartney playing the vibes. Now here's Brian Jones! And here's a video:
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Friedman 15
Colonelcanuck87
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Etude 15 from Vibraphone Technique (Dampening and Pedaling) by David Friedman
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This is a solo arrangement of Alice in Wonderland. I rearranged some of the chords, messing around with pedal points and things like that. I also added a Bill Evans-like coda. Some of the bass movement doesn't work so well solo, but you…
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Oleo in B Flat (with guide tones in the bridge), Blues in the Closet in F, B flat, E flat, and G major.
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I'm always looking for video or audio of Joel Ross but it seems hard to dig stuff up on him. I just want to check him out as he's a young up and coming vibe player who's on the scene. The stuff I've heard sounds great! I found this album…
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Mike Dillon is a pretty 'colorful' vibe player in our little world. He's def someone using the vibes in an unusual context. Here's an article with video:http://www.musicfestnews.com/2017/11/14/the-vibraphone-destroyer-is-bac…
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Exploring on this classic song using voicings from my new book "Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist" now available from Amazon. The book addresses a variety of voicing concepts as applied to the II-7 V7 I Maj progression as well as…
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Giant Steps
ed saindon
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Practicing with lines on Giant Steps.
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Hello, I'm currently doing some research on the vibraphone in jazz and improvised music. I was wondering if members here would like to part in a research question (in the subject). I'd like to use the text of the responses, and…
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A Song for Solace - got in a little early today at Berklee and had some practice time. This song was improvised.
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Was checking something out about the minor 3 half step scale and came across this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexatonic_scale Some interesting scales there. I wonder how you write in some of those scales, or if there are examples of…
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This was written in the 1970s, maybe late 1960s. Victor Brazil was a young sax player who was creating an impressive career. He died early....not sure how. I've always loved this tune. I think it's one of his best.
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Over the past few months I've been working on an experiment. I wanted to see what kind of musical possibilities would be opened up if you had a motor that could be programmed. So I did just that. (I also built the whole vibraphone it…
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Some ideas on what to think about when comping underneath the melody.
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